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Harry Belafonte!

January 16, 2015

belafonteThe great Harry Belafonte visited the Vanderbilt campus to take part in a discussion commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act and received a copy of Strong Inside. The longtime advocate for social justice has visited Nashville frequently over the years, and was among the well-known entertainers who would visit with students at Pearl High School, TSU and Fisk in the 1950s and 1960s when their tours brought them through town.

  • “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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