Genres: Drama Countries: USA Actors: Jackson Walker Garrett Roger Dillingham Jr. Upscale Traveler Ron Auguste Hanging Victim Andrew Bamberg Harvard Student Michael Beasley Trudell Andrew Benjamin Harvard Student Southey Blanton White Labor Organizer Matt Bourgeois Harvard Scholar Trenton McClain Boyd Nathaniel Marcus Lyle Brown Howard Debater Antravian D. Carter Howard Debater #2 Eric Conover Harvard Faculty Sean Paul Cormier Harvard Scholar Brian D. Evans Harvard Student J.D. Evermore Captain Wainwright Directors: Denzel Washington IMDB Rating: 7.7 out of 10 (7278 votes)

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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 Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University’s national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

Plot Keywords: 1930s, african-american, college, debate, professor

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