Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
MovieTitle | Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace |
User score | 4 |
Release date | Mar 23, 2018 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Rich Gentile |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Black Sheep Stew |
Run time | 96 min. |
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.