• 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...
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    and screenwriter. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride. Parker's...
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    Critics' Choice Movie Award. As an adult, Smollett starred in the films The Great Debaters (2007), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)...
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  • the films Showgirls (1995), Soul Food (1997), Kiss the Girls (1997), and The Great Debaters (2007). She co-starred as detective Irene Daniels in the TNT...
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    The Debaters is a Canadian radio comedy show currently hosted by Steve Patterson. It airs on CBC Radio One, Saturdays at 3:00PM (PDT) and Wednesdays at...
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    career, Elise has appeared in films such as John Q., The Manchurian Candidate, and The Great Debaters, all alongside Denzel Washington; Diary of a Mad Black...
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    at nearby Canandaigua Academy. He began the study of Latin and Greek and showed particular skill as a debater. At this point, he may have already been...
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     2A. "PENHI student graces the big screen in 'The Great Debaters'". "SacObserver.com [SOUL] Getting To Know Young "Debaters" Actors". "5 Questions For...
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    (2002) He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Last King of Scotland (2006). He has since acted in The Great Debaters (2007), Vantage...
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    In 2007, before his first year of college, Powell landed a role in The Great Debaters, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. Washington introduced...
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  • drama film The Great Debaters, which was Rider's feature film debut. In 2013, Rider played the role of Seeker Reed in the science fiction film The Host and...
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    the action thriller The Equalizer franchise (2014–2023) and has directed films such as Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016)...
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    Wiley University (category Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)
    and poet Melvin Tolson, was the subject of a 2005 AMS Pictures documentary, The Great Debaters, The Real Great Debaters of Wiley College, which received...
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  • Melvin B. Tolson (category People from the Kansas City metropolitan area)
    debates against white colleges in the segregated South. This work was depicted in the 2007 biopic The Great Debaters, produced by Oprah Winfrey, starring...
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    Denzel Washington (category Members of the Church of God in Christ)
    (2014–2023). Washington directed and starred in the films Antwone Fisher (2002), The Great Debaters (2007), and Fences (2016). On stage, he has acted...
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  • Devyn Tyler (category High School for the Performing and Visual Arts alumni)
    acting since age eight, landing minor roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Great Debaters before taking a break to study French and Francophone...
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    actor best known for his portrayal of Harland Osbourne in the 2007 film The Great Debaters. Leak was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama by parents...
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  • American Legacy (category History magazines published in the United States)
    picture The Great Debaters was based on an article about the Wiley College 1935 debate team that appeared in the Spring 1997 issue. As of 2007, the magazine...
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  • featured in 2007 film, The Great Debaters Jim Valvano, basketball coach portrayed in the 1996 television movie Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story Dick Vermeil...
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    at The Beverly Hilton Hotel by Richard T. Jones, Kevin Frazier, Mara Brock Akil, Dennis Hayes and awards chair Clayola Brown. The Great Debaters received...
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    He is the long-term partner of Oprah Winfrey. Graham was born on March 6, 1951, in the Whitesboro section of Middle Township, New Jersey, the son of...
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    Forest Whitaker (category Alumni of the Drama Studio London)
    (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), The Great Debaters (2007), The Butler (2013), Arrival...
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    From 1995 to 1996, he played the role of Roy Foltrigg in the television series The Client. From 2005 to 2006, Heard played the role of Governor Frank Tancredi...
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  • Brooks Brothers (category Clothing brands of the United States)
    Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums, and Will Smith in Ali. The company produced made-to-measure period costumes for Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters. George...
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    The Great Debaters (producer) 2009 – The Dr. Oz Show (TV series) (executive producer) 2009 – Precious (executive producer) 2009 – Christmas at the White...
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  • Henrietta Bell Wells (category Competitive debaters)
    died 27 February 2008 in Baytown, Texas. The character Samantha Booke in the 2007 movie, The Great Debaters, played by Jurnee Smollett, was loosely based...
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    Biko in the historical epic Cry Freedom (1987), the title role in the biographical drama Malcolm X (1992), Rubin Carter in the sports drama The Hurricane...
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    to read the Lynch letter. Denzel Washington's character quoted extensively from the speech in a scene from the 2007 movie The Great Debaters. This is...
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  • historical figures from Wiley, in The Great Debaters (2007). The Birth of a Nation premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January...
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  • known for producing The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Equalizer (2014), Southpaw (2015), The Magnificent Seven (2016)...
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