Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace (2018)

4.0/10 • 96 min • Documentary

Overview

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

Forest Whitaker

Narrator (voice)

Andrew Young

Harry Edwards

Eric Holder

Oscar Robertson

Marshall Chapman

Self

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