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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

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Release Date: March 23, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 36m
Rating: 4.0/10
Director: Rich Gentile
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Perry Wallace, Andrew Young, Harry Edwards, Eric Holder

Storyline

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.