Poster for the movie Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

2018 • 96 minutes
Documentary

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.

Picture of Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Narrator (voice)

Picture of Perry Wallace

Perry Wallace

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Picture of Andrew Young

Andrew Young

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Picture of Harry Edwards

Harry Edwards

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Picture of Eric Holder

Eric Holder

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Picture of Oscar Robertson

Oscar Robertson

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Marshall Chapman

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Picture of Andrew Maraniss

Andrew Maraniss

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Roy M. Neel

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Pat Toomay

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Picture of Alexander Wolff

Alexander Wolff

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