Based on a true story‚ the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s‚ when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a pervasive fear for blacks. In the movie‚ the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University. This was their 47th annual debate team.Based on a true story‚ the plot revolves
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In the movie‚ The Great Debaters‚ one debate coach tries to place his debate team on the same performance level of white students in the American south. This movie takes place in the 1930’s when Jim Crow Laws were still common. Throughout the movie‚ we recognize personality types‚ understand the motivation and the critical thinking skills that each character possesses. Hamilton Burgess‚ Henry Lowe‚ Samantha Booke‚ and James Farmer Jr. are the four debaters we learn about in this movie. Although
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The Great Debaters The Great Debaters‚ directed by Denzel Washington‚ is an inspirational movie about a specific debate team overcoming racism in the segregated South. It is based off of the debate team of Wiley College‚ a small religious black school in East Texas‚ during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Under the guidance of their coach Melvin Tolson‚ the team kept prevailing week after week against every single opponent. They started competing with other black schools but eventually worked
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The movie “The Great Debaters” has a huge impact on African American students. This movie was based on the 1930s when colleges were segregated. Forest Whitaker was a preacher in the Methodist church. In the beginning of the movie he gave a speech. He preaches‚ “I believe we are the most privileged people in America because we have the most important job in America‚ the education of our young people”. These young people he speaks of are the young African American students. Our leaders are the most
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do.” Significance of the Quote When Abraham Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation on January 1‚1863‚ he might not believe that Negroes would still be suffering from racism before the fifties of the 20th. Inspired by a true story‚ The Great Debaters plunges us into the South of the mid 1930s Texas America. In southern America Negroes’ living condition was still under the whites in many aspects‚ like education‚ work. Blacks endured the daily indignity of discrimination‚ and racial violence
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Wilhelmina Amansec 14 September 2012 Response Journal on The Great Debaters Quotation: “When I was a child‚ I spoke as a child. I understood likea child‚ I thought as a child‚ but when I became a man‚ I put away childish ways.” Significance of the Quote This was said at the beginning of the movie ‘The Great Debaters’ by Professor Tolson to the incoming freshmen of Wiley College. The reason why Professor Tolson chose this verse
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and differences between the film‚ The Great Debaters and the novel‚ The Secret Life of Bees. Their context both explore the issues of discrimination and prejudice towards African Americans in the 20th century. Both film and novel are set in the South during the times of segregation‚ where Black people and White people lived separately from one another. This is primarily due to the Jim Crow laws which enforced segregation between Blacks and Whites. The Great Debaters is set in the 1930’s when no
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Experience in Global Context In the inspirational film The Great Debaters‚ Denzel Washington played a college professor‚ who established a debate team. The team consisted of four African American students all who studied at Wiley College‚ where Tolson worked. Professor Tolson’s role in the film was significant and he made a positive impact on each characters life in the film. Of all characters the bond between Ms. Samantha Booke‚ one of the debaters resonated with me. Professor Tolson did many things
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Samantha Booke: Resolved: The Negroes should be admitted to state universities. My partner and I will prove that blocking a Negros’s admission to a state university is not only wrong‚ it is absurd. The Negro people are not just the color in the American fabric. They are the thread that holds that all together. Consider the legal and historical record. May 13‚ 1865‚ Sergeant Crocker‚ a Negro is the last soldier to die in the Civil War. In 1918 the first US soldiers decorated for bravery in France
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Film paper The differences Whites and Blacks‚ as well as their comparisons‚ are portrayed through two different The times of hard ships‚ the periods of learning‚ and the evolution of a man’s mind is portrayed in award winning movies‚ Remember the Titans and The Great Debaters. Although the movies are drowned in similarities‚ they also have a few minor differences. The movies of two different eras of history. Remember the Titans centers around an integrated high school football team in Virginia
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