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.
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- Forest WhitakerNarrator (voice)
- Perry WallaceSelf
- Andrew YoungSelf
- Harry EdwardsSelf
- Eric HolderSelf
- Oscar RobertsonSelf
- Marshall ChapmanSelf
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- Roy M. NeelSelf
- Pat ToomaySelf
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- Rich GentileDirector
- Rich GentileScreenplay
- Eli SpielmanScreenplay
- Samson ChanDirector of Photography
- Stu GoldbergOriginal Music Composer
- Paul CarruthersEditor
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