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Wallace Honored by Congress

February 2, 2015

cohenU.S. Congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis honored Perry Wallace by entering a tribute to the SEC pioneer into the Congressional Record on Jan. 21, 2015. Cohen and Wallace have a long relationship. It was Wallace who served as a young Cohen’s “Vuceptor” (as the orientation leaders at Vanderbilt are known) when Cohen entered the university as a freshman and Wallace was an upperclassman. 

  • “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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