Strong Inside: The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line

By Andrew Maraniss

Photographers Photos by Rudolph T. Heits Edition

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Publisher Penguin Random House Imprint Philomel ISBN

9780399548345

Awards and Honors Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, Sports

Strong Inside: The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line

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Discrimination: Reference/Discussion,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Mild Violence

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This thought-provoking biography digs deep beneath the surface to reveal a complicated, profound, and inspiring story of an athlete turned civil-rights trailblazer. Author's note. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs.

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AR Level 13.0 AR Points 7.9 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey B Title alpha Strong Inside: The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line Category Sports Middle Plus Pages Count 272 Genre Nonfiction Topics Perry Wallace (1948– ). Basketball. Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt Commodores (basketball team). Basketball players. Racism in sports. Twentieth-century history. Civil rights. Southern United States. Race relations. SRC Points 10.600000 Lexile 1170L Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" JLG Span Spring Language English Rights type Print Publication date 2016-12-19 JLG Release Date Jun 2017 Minimum grade 5 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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