Strong inside : the true story of how Perry Wallace broke college basketball's color line / Andrew Maraniss.

By: Maraniss, AndrewMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2018; �2017Description: 262 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9781524737276Other title: True story of how Perry Wallace broke college basketball's color lineRelated works: Adaptation of: Maraniss, Andrew. Strong insideSubject(s): Wallace, Perry (Law professor) -- Juvenile literature | Wallace, Perry (Law professor) | Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History -- Juvenile literature | Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History -- Juvenile literature | Vanderbilt University -- Basketball -- History | Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team) -- History | Basketball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20 century -- Juvenile literature | Civil rights -- History -- Southern States -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature | Southern States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature | Basketball players | Racism in sports -- Southern States -- History -- 20 century | Civil rights -- History -- Southern States -- 20th century | Southern States -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Biographies. DDC classification: 796.323/092 | B LOC classification: GV884.W29 | M37 2018Summary: " ... the ... story of Perry Wallace, a ... student and talented athlete who became the first African-American basketball player in the SEC at Vanderbilt University during the tumultuous late 1960s ... Places Wallace's struggles and ultimate success into the larger contexts of civil rights and race relations in the South"--Provided by publisher.
Item type: List(s) this item appears in: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction | Biographies & Memoirs
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library
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"Adapted for young readers"--front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index.

" ... the ... story of Perry Wallace, a ... student and talented athlete who became the first African-American basketball player in the SEC at Vanderbilt University during the tumultuous late 1960s ... Places Wallace's struggles and ultimate success into the larger contexts of civil rights and race relations in the South"--Provided by publisher.

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