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Author Maraniss, Andrew.

Title Strong inside : Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the South / Andrew Maraniss.

Publication Info. Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  796.323 MARANISS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  796.323 MAR    Storage
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.323 MARANISS    Check Shelf
Description x, 467 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Wallace, Perry (Law professor)
Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History.
Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History.
Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20 century.
Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Southern States -- Race relations.
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).
ISBN 9780826520234 (hardback)
0826520235 (hardback)
9780826520241 (paperback)
0826520243 (paperback)
9780826520258 (ebook)
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