Rural basketball coaches, inner-city math and music teachers — they are, as we all know, everywhere in the movies, inspiring their unlikely charges to equally unlikely triumphs. Most of these films ...

Denzel Washington’s underrated historical movie will be available to stream for free next week, giving fans a chance to rediscover the acclaimed film.

If you're wondering where to stream The Greater Debaters online, then you have come to the right place, as we have all the streaming details. The film follows a teacher at Wiley College, Melvin Tolson ...

In 1935, Wiley College, a small Black college in Marshall, Texas defeated defending national champions University of Southern California in a debate. In terms of Black History, this story ...

Denzel Washington's "The Great Debaters" will be honored with the Stanley Kramer Award, given annually to recognize films involving "provocative social issues." By Carl DiOrio, The Associated Press ...

Washington commands the screen as Tolson, the demanding professor who tells his students they must be willing to take on their opponents body and soul. He also moonlights as an organizer for the ...

MARSHALL, Texas -- Deep in the heart of East Texas, a small historically black college continues to get worldwide attention thanks to single motion picture. “When we arrive at tournaments, they say, ...

A Tulsa debate champ is the inspiration for a blockbuster. "The Great Debaters" is based on the true story of an all black debate team that won the national championship back in the 1930s. The News On ...

Henrietta Bell Wells, 96, the first female member of the debate team of Wiley College in Marshall, Tex., which rose to national prominence in the 1930s and inspired the recent film "The Great Debaters ...

Denzel Washington donated $1 million to Wiley College in Texas to revive its debate programme in 2007. The programme had been ...