Talk:The Great Debaters

Historical Inaccuracies

Sheebz (talk) 05:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)I just finished watching the movie, and after some very basic research, i've found that they didn't actually beat harvard. Looks like the team that they beat was USC for the national championship. Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/education/05wiley.html http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/featr/content/features/greatdebaters/farmer_tolson.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=5 I am going to update the historical differences section to reflect this fact.

They did actually beat Harvard on another occasion, the movie just uses Harvard to emphasize the moral importance of the victory. Frank0051 (talk) 21:02, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

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Plot Section is not on Topic

The plot section of this article does not discuss the actual plot of the movie and focuses too much on the plot elements. Someone should update this with a plot summary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.72.36.126 (talk) 19:49, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

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