Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

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.

Directed by Rich Gentile

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Forest Whitaker

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Perry Wallace

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Andrew Young

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Harry Edwards

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Eric Holder

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Oscar Robertson

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Marshall Chapman

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Andrew Maraniss

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Roy M. Neel

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Pat Toomay

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Alexander Wolff

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