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Author:

Maraniss, Andrew, author.

Title:

Strong inside : Perry Wallace and the collision of race and sports in the South / Andrew Maraniss.

Publisher:

Vanderbilt University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 467 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Wallace, Perry--(Law professor)
Vanderbilt University--History.--History.
Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball team)--History.
Basketball players--United States--Biography.
Racism in sports--Southern States--History--20 century.
Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
Southern States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450) and index.

Summary:

The "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 [book] places Wallace's struggles and ultimate success into the larger contexts of civil rights and race relations in the South"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0826520243 (pbk. : : acid-free paper)
9780826520241 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0826520235 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780826520234 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2014015257

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)