Strong Inside (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line

by Andrew Maraniss

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524737275
• ISBN13: 9781524737276
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher