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A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
The Great Debaters (2007) Premise: The true story of Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) a professor at Wiley College in the 1930s who formed a debate team that used rhetoric and the spoken word to challenge Jim Crow laws and eventually participate in the first interracial debate tournament.
The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas.
Dec 24, 2007 · Denzel Washington directs and stars in The Great Debaters, a film about a debate team from a historically black college competing against a team from a white college in 1935.
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As an enduring American myth, the triumph of the sanctified underdog, an intrepid spirit who doesn't compromise his integrity on the slippery path to victory, may be much the worse for wear in...
Dec 25, 2007 · Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African-American college in the Deep South into a historically elite debate team.
The Great Debaters. A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
