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Hace 1 día · Sidney Poitier KBE (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
Hace 5 días · 本片取材自真人真事，曾获得美国青少年观众票选大奖提名。上世界30年代的德州，黑人被剥夺选举权，并在就业、司法、军役、婚姻等各方面受到隔离和歧视。Mel Tolson（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Wa
Hace 3 días · The Issue: Civil disobedience The Debaters: Wiley College (affirmative) vs. Harvard University (negative) The Outcome: The all-Black debate team is victorious against their all-white opponents in this film, which takes place in the 1930s. After an impassioned argument by James L. Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker) in support of civil disobedience, it’s clear that the underdogs - Wiley College ...
Hace 1 día · The most memorable Wiley College debate was not with Oxford (or Harvard). It was with the 1935 national champions, the Southern California Trojans, and it is the circumstances surrounding this debate that form the basis for The Great Debaters. By the time the 1934 school year began, Tolson was at the top of his game as debate coach.
Hace 2 días · Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696.
Hace 5 días · James L. Farmer Jr. January 12, 1920–July 9, 1999. Civil rights leader James Farmer was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1920. He spent his childhood in Austin but returned to Marshall to attend Wiley College, where he joined the team of "great debaters" coached by legendary teacher Melvin B. Tolson.
Hace 4 días · Denzel Washington, whom Powell worked with in 2007’s The Great Debaters, once gave him a piece of advice that he thinks about all the time, which is: you’re running your own race. Don’t look...
