Strong Inside
The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line
Edición de la obra Strong inside
| Autor | Andrew Maraniss |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Fecha de publicación | 2017 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9781536429329 |
| Número de Cutter | M311s |
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 attention of college basketball recruiters from top schools across the nation. In his senior year his Pearl High School basketball team won Tennessee's first racially-integrated state tournament.