Black Debate Team Analysis
A black debate team competes with white schools during civil unrest in America. It is the
mid-1930s and Professor Tolson assembles a black debate team at Wiley College. He trains
them with the goal that they compete with white debate teams across the country to prove that
they are good and better than whites. The team members are Samantha, James (the youngest
member and the son of another Wiley professor), Henry, and Hamilton. As the team
competes across the country, they experience first-hand the injustice and terror of racism.
They witness a lynch mob murder a black man and are deeply bothered by the incident. Prof.
Tolson, who secretly engages in political activity deemed illegal in those days, also faces
adversity. Despite of such
mid-1930s and Professor Tolson assembles a black debate team at Wiley College. He trains
them with the goal that they compete with white debate teams across the country to prove that
they are good and better than whites. The team members are Samantha, James (the youngest
member and the son of another Wiley professor), Henry, and Hamilton. As the team
competes across the country, they experience first-hand the injustice and terror of racism.
They witness a lynch mob murder a black man and are deeply bothered by the incident. Prof.
Tolson, who secretly engages in political activity deemed illegal in those days, also faces
adversity. Despite of such