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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. [ 2 ]
"Faster" is a song by Matt Nathanson recorded for his album Modern Love. The song reached number seventy-four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number thirty-one on the Pop Songs chart also published by Billboard .
Both students are taken under the wing of the debate-team coach, Charlie Nichols (Scheider), who was a star debater in his youth. The team eventually wins a chance to debate the issue of abortion against Harvard in front of the Supreme Court. Along the way, the students learn lessons about life, love, friendship, and politics.
As a debate coach at the historically black Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, Tolson led a team that pioneered interracial college debates against white colleges in the segregated South. [2] This work was depicted in the 2007 biopic The Great Debaters, produced by Oprah Winfrey, starring and directed by Denzel Washington as Tolson. [2] [3]
The 2007 motion picture The Great Debaters was based on an article about the Wiley College 1935 debate team that appeared in the Spring 1997 issue. [5] As of 2007, the magazine had circulation of 500,000, 80 percent of which was free distribution via schools, black churches, and other organizations. [4]
The Great Debate (Canadian TV series), a Canadian television series (1974–1983) "The Great Debate", a song by Dream Theater from their 2002 album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence; The Great Debate (American TV series), a VH1 program (2009) The Great Debate (British TV series), a Sky News programme (2022–present)
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