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x, 467 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
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| 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. |
| Contents |
Forgiveness -- Short 26th -- Woomp show -- They had the wrong guy -- Harvard of the South -- These boys never faltered -- Somewhere like Xanadu -- Reverse migration -- Growing pains -- Icicles in raincoats -- Articulate messengers -- A hit or miss thing -- Inferno -- Subversion's circuit rider -- Trouble in paradise -- Season of loss -- Ghosts -- Memorial magic -- Deepest sense of dread -- A long, hellish trauma -- Destiny of dissent -- Revolt -- The cruel deception -- Black fists -- Nevermore -- Bachelor of ugliness -- Ticket out of town -- Time and space -- Embrace -- Rising. |
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Wallace, Perry (Law professor)
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Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History.
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Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History.
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Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20 century.
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Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Southern States -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
9780826520234 (hardback) |
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0826520235 (hardback) |
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9780826520241 (paperback) |
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0826520243 (paperback) |
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9780826520258 (ebook) |
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