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ESPN presents 'Black Magic'

 
By Mel Bracht | Published: March 14, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

As the first black basketball player to play in the Southeastern Conference in 1967, Vanderbilt University's Perry Wallace was subjected to terrible verbal abuse from fans and cheerleaders of opposing teams.

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Wallace described his first trip to Mississippi State University as "hellish.” "You'd hear (bad words). We're going to lynch you. We're going to burn you at the stake.'”

Wallace was interviewed for ESPN's remarkable four-hour documentary "Black Magic,” which will air commercial-free 8-10 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Co-produced by Dan Klores and basketball legend Earl "The Pearl” Monroe, "Black Magic” tells the story of the injustice facing blacks and black players, which led to the Civil Rights Movement, and how integration transformed basketball with the emergence of superstars such as Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.

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