Article: 'Great Debaters' powerful

Article: Former President Of Wiley College Passes
Atlanta Inquirer;  August 18, 2001 ;     691 words ......Inquirer 08-18-2001 Former President Of Wiley College Passes On Friday, July 20, the Wiley College Board of Trustees learned of the death...Thomas W. Cole, Sr., former president of Wiley College, Dr. Cole served as tenth president...

Article: Joseph Johnson, 100, funeral home owner, church leader
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 20, 2003 ;     472 words ......Methodist Church and a mainstay of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. He died Sept. 10...sent him to the high school program at Wiley College. At that time it was one of the few...high school program, earned his BA at Wiley College, where he was president of the Phi...

Article: 'DEBATERS' MAKES STRONG POINT
Roanoke Times & World News;  December 23, 2007 ;     449 words ......two professors at tiny, all-black Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. They argue. They...nobody took that more seriously than Wiley College. Washington plays the team coach, Melvin...the 1935 Jim Crow/lynch-happy South, Wiley College is a veritable monastery where the...

Article: Our Neighbors: Documentary shows true 'Debaters"
Oakland Tribune;  March 25, 2009 ;     484 words ......accomplishments of the 1930s debate team at Wiley College, a historically black institution in...Championship. One of the members on the Wiley College debate team was the late Rev. Hamilton...Great Debaters" purports to tell the Wiley College story, but in typical Hollywood fashion...

Article: Denzel's 'Great Debaters' is magical, inspiring
Capital (Annapolis);  December 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......two professors at tiny, all-black Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. They argue. They...nobody took that more seriously than Wiley College. Washington plays the team coach, Melvin...the 1935 Jim Crow/lynch-happy South, Wiley College is a veritable monastery where the...

Article: Tennessee State, Wiley College launch NASA Academies.(Tech Talk)
Black Issues in Higher Education;  June 3, 2004 ;     673 words ......Tennessee State University in Nashville and Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, are the most recent...needed the most, Lacy notes. In March, Wiley College officials opened an aeronautics education...science, math and technology, said Wiley College president and CEO Dr. Haywood L. ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: Too much 'Debate'?
University Wire;  January 11, 2008 ;     524 words ......story about the winning debate team at Wiley College in Texas in the 1930s. As usual, Washington...ovations. Speaking of arguments, the Wiley College debaters always seem to be on the right...team faced. In all of its debates, Wiley College manages to perfectly stand for the...

Article: Preaching from the choir
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 12, 2002 ;     394 words ......DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Wiley College choir member Carlos Moon performs Thursday...and spiritual hymns from a group of Wiley College students from Marshall, Texas. It was...and Edwin McArthur. The Wiley story Wiley College, the oldest black college west of the...

Article: Denzel makes the case for smarts in `Debaters'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald;  December 28, 2007 ;     256 words ......Denzel Washington didn't plan to play Melvin B. Tolson, the Wiley College professor who coached the team that inspired The Great Debaters...liken it to a sports movie. It's the Little Train That Could. Wiley College did that, they debated Harvard, USC, Michigan. Nate Parker...

Article: Texas college provides $3 million in scholarships
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 20, 2002 ;     565 words ......greets Haywood Strickland, president of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, after he formally...program. Williams is an alumnus of Wiley College.(PHOTO - Color) (JEFFREY D. NICHOLLS...by Haywood Strickland, president of Wiley College, a 129 year-old historically black...

Article: Runnin' Rebels turn big corner
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 15, 2002 ;     565 words ......greets Haywood Strickland, president of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, after he formally...program. Williams is an alumnus of Wiley College.(PHOTO - Color) (JEFFREY D. NICHOLLS...by Haywood Strickland, president of Wiley College, a 129 year-old historically black...

Article: Local alumni recall 'Great Debaters' teacher
Oakland Tribune;  December 28, 2007 ;     460 words ......when Hutchinson arrived in 1939 at Wiley College, a small, all-black school in Marshall...Mateo since the 1950s, is one of many Wiley College graduates who eagerly anticipated the...that despite its recent struggles, Wiley College offers opportunities to those who might...

Article: The Great Debaters' Is Nothing Short Of, Well, Great
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  June 7, 2008 ;     589 words ......tagline for The Great Debaters refers to Wiley College Professor Melvin B. Tolson and his...part based on the real experiences of Wiley College's debate team. The Great Debaters excels...their town, yet the four students of Wiley College are also teens with goals and dreams...

Article: Texas college buys into Gary youth program
Post-Tribune (IN);  December 22, 2001 ;     460 words ......program have another motivating factor. Wiley College, a historically black college in Texas...it last year. But administrators at Wiley College says the program has also benefited...things with these young people," said Wiley College's Joseph Morale. "The fact they're...