“The great debaters” is an excellent movie. The movie is about a historical event in the
1930s based on a true story of Professor Melvin B. Tolson. And his debate team. Professor
Melvin B. Tolson is a college professor that teaches at Wiley College in Marshall Texas. In the movie, Professor Tolson inspires four students to join his debate. The four students attending in the debate team are Henry Lowe, Samantha Booke, James Farmer, Jr, and Hamilton Burgess.
The students and Professor Tolson travel to different colleges, challenging every debate team that comes their way. Later on, they face Harvard one of the top colleges in America and win.
But the movie was more than just a professor and his debate team traveling and debating, the movie showed how life was back in …show more content…
James tells Henry, “I’m not talking about me" Henry looks at James and says, "Your right". Henry gets off the bed and walks towards the door, but James grabs
Henry telling him not to go. Henry grabs James and tells him to calm down. Henry says to James
"you never going to forget what you saw out there" with frustration. Henry lets go of James ' arms. After their fight, James looks at Henry and asks him, “what do you think he did?" and
Henry replies, “He didn 't have to do anything James" James felt ashamed for being black. As being black, was a crime. Understand, life back in the 1930s were not so for the black community. Not only did the movie show examples of shame, but it also showed examples of integrity. In one scene, Professor Tolson walks into class, stands on top of a desk and resides a poem, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when
Adams 3 company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong. Tomorrow, I 'll be at the table when company comes nobody 'll dare say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," then. Besides, they’ll see
1930s based on a true story of Professor Melvin B. Tolson. And his debate team. Professor
Melvin B. Tolson is a college professor that teaches at Wiley College in Marshall Texas. In the movie, Professor Tolson inspires four students to join his debate. The four students attending in the debate team are Henry Lowe, Samantha Booke, James Farmer, Jr, and Hamilton Burgess.
The students and Professor Tolson travel to different colleges, challenging every debate team that comes their way. Later on, they face Harvard one of the top colleges in America and win.
But the movie was more than just a professor and his debate team traveling and debating, the movie showed how life was back in …show more content…
James tells Henry, “I’m not talking about me" Henry looks at James and says, "Your right". Henry gets off the bed and walks towards the door, but James grabs
Henry telling him not to go. Henry grabs James and tells him to calm down. Henry says to James
"you never going to forget what you saw out there" with frustration. Henry lets go of James ' arms. After their fight, James looks at Henry and asks him, “what do you think he did?" and
Henry replies, “He didn 't have to do anything James" James felt ashamed for being black. As being black, was a crime. Understand, life back in the 1930s were not so for the black community. Not only did the movie show examples of shame, but it also showed examples of integrity. In one scene, Professor Tolson walks into class, stands on top of a desk and resides a poem, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when
Adams 3 company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong. Tomorrow, I 'll be at the table when company comes nobody 'll dare say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," then. Besides, they’ll see