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5 days ago · June 27, 1919–June 6, 2020. Debate coach Thomas Freeman’s motto was "what we do, we do well; what we don’t do well, we don’t do at all." Freeman mentored well, nurturing generations of Texas Southern University students and some of America’s most notable leaders. Born in 1919, Freeman first tried public speaking in the church.
The Great Debaters is based on the true story of the debate team led by Melvin B. Tolson at the historically Black Wiley College that, in the 1930s, challenged, and beat, the largest and most prominent white colleges’ debate teams during the height of the Jim Crow era.
3 days ago · The History Channel’s new 4-hour docuseries “The Great War” covers U.S. involvement in World War I in the critical year of 1918 and is set to premiere Monday, May 27 at 8 p.m. The story ...
3 days ago · A member of the 1936–39 team, Bellis also the source of the widespread rumor—now immortalized in Denzel Washington’s The Great Debaters — that Wiley College met and beat Harvard College, with Felix Frankfurter as one of the judges. The story first appeared, with Bell's attribution, in the American Legacy article, and local and national ...
i think debating and online discourse is a waste of time anyway. unless we consciously challenge every held belief, most people just choose teams and divide into “confirmation bias” camps. but if young men and women wish to unfuck their minds, the best thing they can is stop trying to consume this style of content.
3 days ago · Premieres on May 28, 2024. After Germany makes an all-out push to take Paris, America is forced to make hard decisions that will either break the Allies or turn the tide of war. Key regiments ...
6 days ago · Open to Debate, formerly known as Intelligence Squared U.S.Intelligence Squared U.S. is now Open to Debate. Explore both sides of the issues with the world’s leading minds on technology, the economy, politics, global affairs, and more.
