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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2016 file photo, Godfrey Dillard, left, and Perry Wallace take part in a lecture at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Wallace, who broke down a racial barrier by becoming the first black varsity basketball player in the Southeastern Conference, has died. He was 69. Wallace's death was announced Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, by Vanderbilt University, where Wallace became an all-SEC player and remains among the Commodores' all-time rebounding leaders. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) **FILE**

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In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, Godfrey Dillard, left, and Perry Wallace take part in a lecture at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. A half-century after Wallace became the first black basketball player in the Southeastern conference, he and former teammate Dillard, returned to the campus as part of a campus-wide discussion on race this year at the elite, private southern university. It’s a significant milestone in what has been Vanderbilt’s long, sometimes painful journey to become more diverse. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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