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The Hoops Addict Excerpt

December 10, 2014

2014_hoops2When the popular basketball blog Hoops Addict said they wanted to run an excerpt from Strong Inside and knew exactly which passage they wanted to include, I was pleasantly surprised that the section had nothing to do with basketball. But everything to do with the challenges Wallace overcame. Check it out here.

  • “In a magnificently reported, nuanced
    but raw account of basketball and racism in the South during the 1960s, Andrew Maraniss tells the story of Perry Wallace’s struggle, loneliness, perseverance and eventual self-realization. A rare story about physical and intellectual courage that is both shocking and triumphant. ”

    Bob Woodward, Washington Post associate editor and author

Watch Andrew Maraniss talk about his inspiration to write Strong Inside, featuring archival footage of Perry Wallace in action.
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