Strong inside, Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the South, Andrew Maraniss
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- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Wallace, Perry, (Law professor)
- Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History
- Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History
- Southern States -- Race relations
- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Basketball players -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
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Strong inside, Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the South, Andrew Maraniss
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-450) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Strong inside
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
874970560
Responsibility statement
Andrew Maraniss
Sub title
Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the South
Summary
"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
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