Perry Wallace

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Perry Wallace was an American basketball player and civil rights pioneer best known as the first Black varsity basketball player in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

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instanceOf basketball player
civil rights pioneer
human
awardReceived SEC Men's Basketball Legends
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
describedBySource Perry Wallace self-linksurface differs
surface form: Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
educatedAt Columbia Law School
Vanderbilt University
employer Washington College of Law
surface form: American University Washington College of Law
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Wallace
fieldOfWork civil rights law
environmental law
sports law
genre college basketball
givenName Perry
hasInfluenced racial integration in college athletics
honorificTitle trailblazer of SEC integration
languageSpoken English
league Southeastern Conference
memberOf Vanderbilt Commodores
surface form: Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
memberOfSportsTeam Vanderbilt Commodores
surface form: Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
notableFor being the first Black varsity basketball player in the Southeastern Conference
breaking the color barrier in SEC basketball
notableWork integration of Vanderbilt men's basketball team
occupation basketball player
law professor
lawyer
participantIn civil rights movement
placeOfBirth Nashville
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
placeOfDeath Rockville, Maryland
positionPlayed center
forward
religion Christianity
residence Nashville
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee

Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
sport basketball
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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Perry Wallace describedBySource Perry Wallace self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
subject surface form: Vanderbilt University