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Perry Wallace, the 1st Black Southeastern Conference Basketball Player, ‘Wasn’t a Candy-Coated or Candy-Assed Pioneer’
In 1966 Perry Wallace was a 6-foot-5-inch small forward who helped his Pearl High School team in Nashville, Tenn., go undefeated. He was being heavily recruited by major college programs, but Wallace, a high school All-American, would choose to stay close to home and go to Vanderbilt University. He was one of two black basketball…