The Great Debaters offers a fictionalized and limited account of the exploits of the award-winning Wiley College debate team headed by Melvin B. Tolson‚ an African-American English professor‚ during the Depression years. Beyond his academic duties‚ Tolson was an accomplished poet‚ journalist and social activist. Before this film was produced‚ very little was generally known about Wiley‚ a small college with only 400 students‚ or its debating team. The team had a remarkable record‚ going 10 straight
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The Great Debaters is a drama film based on the story of Melvin B. Tolson; Union Activist‚ Communication and English professor of Wiley College. Tolson had a mediocre vision of transitioning four amateur African Americans into master debaters which would allow them to defeat all other African American debate teams. In 1930‚ Mr. Tolson held tryouts for the debate team. He warned all contestants that only four will be left standing‚ however‚ he reminds them that debate is all about the hotspot in which
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"The Great debaters" This was my second time watching the movie called "The Great debaters‚" but it seemed like it was my first time since the emotional scenes and the profound aspect of the movie left me amazed and inspired once more. All the characters in the movie had their own moment to shine which makes the movie even greater and while watching‚ you always wonder what is coming next. The character I identify with the most is Melvin Tolson‚ the teacher who assembled his debate team members
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4/29/13 English 102.008 The Great Debaters In reviewing the film “The Great Debaters” I found it to be captivating and the elements of the movie made it very relatable to the viewers. With this being a true story I found that it was very easy for me to understand that these young kids really wanted to find themselves and a voice in the process. I found that this film was an earnest drama about the search for self-esteem and sense of responsibility among young black people that successfully relies
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Stephanie Geno Mrs.Kinyon Great Debaters Essay 6 March 2013 The Great Debaters Based on a true story‚ the movie The Great Debaters is about a four person debate team at the historically Black‚ Wiley College in Marshall‚ TX. This team made up of one girl‚ Samantha Booke‚ and three young men‚ James Farmer Jr.‚ Henry Lowe‚ and Hamilton Burgess. They travel all over to compete against the top Black colleges in the country and are also the first African American college to compete against a White
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The Great Debaters Melvin B. Tolson is the kind of educator who truly did recognize the remarkable powers of knowledge his students possessed. “The Great Debaters” is based on a true story about an outspoken Wiley College professor who boldly challenged the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the 1930s. Melvin B. Tolson who is the coach of the Wiley College debate team in east Texas molded his students into a formidable team to create change. Tolson recognizes that his young debate students possess
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THE GREAT DEBATERS The Great Debaters (2007) - IMDb chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington)‚ 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. Summery Plot: Marshall‚ Texas‚ described by James Farmer‚ Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War‚" is home to Wiley College‚ where‚ in 1935-36‚ inspired by the
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Casey Green 1 09/13/11 SPC 100 Section 14 The Great Debaters This film focuses on being a confident and decisive person in life‚ through passionate and informed topics. Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured‚ deliberate manner intended to inform‚ influence‚ or entertain the listeners.¹ After watching this film it does strike a cord of wanting to be able to reach out to others and share my own opinions in a strong‚ confident
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The great debaters – reflection The topics in this movie were debated by The Wiley College debate team. They touched upon many significant concerns with many other good debate teams. The debating topics were all based on worldwide situations and were associated with the entire human race. The very first debate issue was the economic crisis; the matter of unemployment allowance was touched upon to get a point across. Some other issues that were discussed were social welfare. The Wiley Collage expressed
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Summary of the Great debaters The movie “The Great Debaters”‚ directed by Denzel Washington‚ and screen writer Robert Eisele‚ is base on a true story. The movie shows the way how people use to discriminate on the colored people‚ back in the days. The most important job in America is the education of our young people. The people were separated; the low class people living in one area and the high class people live in a separate area were the class is higher. A professor of Wiley College named
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