In 1935-36, Professor Melvin Tolson inspires Wiley College's debate team to a nearly-undefeated season, despite the challenges of Jim Crow and sexism. The team, featuring a female student and a young James Farmer, faces off against Harvard's national champions and navigates a heated environment marked by a lynch mob, arrest, and national radio broadcast.
The Great Debaters
In the 1930s, a determined professor at Wiley College in Texas rallies his students to form the school's first debate team, and against all odds, they face off against Harvard University in the national championship.
