Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014.
Format: Book
Description: x, 467 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
"Strong Inside is the dramatic, untold story of Perry Wallace, a brilliant student and talented athlete who became the first African-American basketball player in the SEC at Vanderbilt University during the tumultuous late 1960s. The fast-paced, richly detailed biography places Wallace's struggles and ultimate success into the larger contexts of civil rights and race relations in the South"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Wallace, Perry (Law professor)
Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History.
Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History.
Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Southern States -- Race relations.
Wallace, Perry (Law professor)
Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History.
Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History.
Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Southern States -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9780826520234 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Wallace, Perry | Wheatley (Shandon) | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.