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Article: Denzel Washington gives $1M to Wiley College to re-establish school's debate team
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- December 19, 2007
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Denzel Washington is donating $1 million (690,000) to Wiley College _ the school featured in his new movie "The Great Debaters" _ to re-establish its debate team.
The gift was announced Tuesday by school officials.
Washington was in Marshall last week to screen the film, a story about Wiley's 1930s debate team. He stars as educator and poet Melvin Tolson, who led the all-black college's elite debate squad.
During ...