Great Debaters, The

While Texas professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) tries to help sharecroppers form a union in 1935 amidst political unrest, lynchings, and blatant racism in this intriguing, well-acted, and factually based film, he successfully mentors and polishes the debating skills of four bright Wiley college students (Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, and Jermaine Williams) who went on to compete in the national championship at Harvard.
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