Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

Directed by Rich Gentile

With Forest Whitaker, Perry Wallace, Andrew Young, Harry Edwards and Eric Holder

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.