Triumph: the Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Triumph: the Untold Story of Perry Wallace

96 mins | Documentary | March 23, 2018

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.

Triumph: the Untold Story of Perry Wallace

96 mins | Documentary | March 23, 2018

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.
Producers Black Sheep Stew
Original title Triumph: the Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Directors Rich Gentile
Writers Eli Spielman, Rich Gentile

Cast

Perry Wallace

as Self

Andrew Young

as Self

Harry Edwards

as Self

Eric Holder

as Self

Oscar Robertson

as Self

Forest Whitaker

as Narrator

Andrew Maraniss

as Self

Roy M. Neel

as Self

Pat Toomay

as Self

Alexander Wolff

as Self