The Great Debaters (2007)

Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Forest Whitaker, Glen Powell, Devyn A. Tyler

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 s