Strong Inside (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line
By Andrew Maraniss.
Description
The inspirational true story of the first African American to play college basketball in the deeply segregated Southeastern Conference--a powerful moment in Black history.Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board of Education decision led to integrated schools, allowing blacks and whites to learn side by side. A week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Wallace enrolled in high school and his sensational jumping, dunking, and rebounding abilities quickly earned him the attentio...
ISBN(s)
1524737275, 9781524737276
