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  2. The Great Debaters - Wikipedia

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    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 for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas. [ 2 ]

  3. Melvin B. Tolson - Wikipedia

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    Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898 – August 29, 1966) was an American poet, educator, columnist, and politician. As a poet, he was influenced both by Modernism and the language and experiences of African Americans, and he was deeply influenced by his study of the Harlem Renaissance.

  4. Jay Gatsby - Wikipedia

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    Jay Gatsby (originally named James Gatz) is the titular fictional character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.The character is an enigmatic nouveau riche millionaire who lives in a luxurious mansion on Long Island where he often hosts extravagant parties and who allegedly gained his fortune by illicit bootlegging during prohibition in the United States. [5]

  5. The Great Gatsby - Wikipedia

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    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

  6. William Lynch speech - Wikipedia

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    Denzel Washington's character quoted extensively from the speech in a scene from the 2007 movie The Great Debaters. This is an anachronism, as the movie is set in the 1930s, nearly 40 years before the letter was "discovered".

  7. Why Denzel Washington wants credit for Glen Powell’s acting ...

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    If it wasn't for Denzel Washington, the world might've never known about Glen Powell. On the May 19 episode of “Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist,” Powell reflected on his early acting career ...

  8. The Great Gatsby (1974 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American historical romantic drama film based on the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film was directed by Jack Clayton , produced by David Merrick , and written by Francis Ford Coppola .

  9. Henrietta Bell Wells - Wikipedia

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    The character Samantha Booke in the 2007 movie, The Great Debaters, played by Jurnee Smollett, was loosely based on Wells. Wells stated that she had told Denzel Washington, who directed the film, to also play her team's coach, Melvin B. Tolson, in the film. [3]