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Perry Wallace was the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference. This is his story.
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.
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Perry Wallace, Andrew Young, Harry Edwards, Eric Holder, Oscar Robertson, Marshall Chapman, Andrew Maraniss, Roy M. Neel, Pat Toomay, Alexander Wolff
Writers: Rich Gentile (Screenplay), Eli Spielman (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Samson Chan
Editor: Paul Carruthers
Composer: Stu Goldberg
Producers: Rich Gentile, Bruce D. Johnson
Production: Black Sheep Stew
