This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 8:16 Language advisory: Quotes ...

Vanderbilt Commodore Perry Wallace (1948-2017) was the first African American basketball player to compete in a varsity game in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on December 4, 1967. Wallace had led ...

The Tennessean sports department begins a look into its archives beginning today. The best high school basketball players from the Nashville area will be honored in the upcoming weeks through an ...

Perry Wallace was the first African American basketball player in the Southeastern Conference, despite not wanting to be a pioneer. Wallace is one... Remembering Perry Wallace, A College Basketball ...

Vanderbilt announced the creation of the Perry E. Wallace Jr. Basketball Scholarship on Monday to honor the Southeastern Conference’s first African-American basketball player. Athletics Director David ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new and colorful outdoor basketball court opened Thursday in North Nashville. The court made its debut during the Hoops and Hope Celebrating Black History event at Watkins ...

Author Andrew Maraniss speaks on the life and experiences of trailblazer Perry Wallace. Author Andrew Maraniss speaks on the life and experiences of civil rights trailblazer Perry Wallace. Maraniss ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Two men who helped integrate college basketball came back to Vanderbilt University this week to share provocative views on the pace of change, take up matters they rarely dared to ...