Overview:
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.
Revenue:
$N/A
Date Released:
03/23/2018
SPOTLIGHT
Cast
Forest Whitaker
Narrator (voice)
Perry Wallace
Self
Andrew Young
Self
Harry Edwards
Self
Eric Holder
Self