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Perry Wallace was the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference. This is his story.
Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.Read moreLess
Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The story
Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Cast & crew
Forest WhitakerNarrator (voice)
Andrew YoungSelf
Harry EdwardsSelf
Eric HolderSelf
Oscar RobertsonSelf
Marshall ChapmanSelfExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Stu Goldberg
- Director of Photography
- Samson Chan
- Editor
- Paul Carruthers
- Director
- Rich Gentile
- Screenplay
- Rich Gentile
- Screenplay
- Eli Spielman