The Great Debaters - Oprah & Denzel Bring Black History to the College Campus & University

"Debate is armed combat but your arms are words." A memorable quotation mark from The Great Debaters produced by Oprah Winfrey's Marx Productions and directed by Academy Award winning histrion Denzel Washington.

"You must destruct your opposition - not only verbally, but physically." So said controversial argument manager Melvin Tolson at Wiley College in East Lone-Star State nearly three-quarters of a century ago.

"I'm here to assist you happen and maintain your righteous mind." Professor Tolson told his argument team, which only lost one competition in 75 arguments over 15 years.

Wiley College, the first accredited historically Black college West of the Mississippi, achieved the impossible in 1935 by manner of its argument team, which disquieted esteemed squads at the University of Southern Golden State and Harvard University University.

Undoubtedly intelligence have far more than to make with finding and readying than tegument color. The movie The Debaters uncovers true strength doesn't necessitate force when it can exert powerful influence with cognition and joint dear expression.

As Black History Calendar Month attacks we must honestly acknowledge African Americans have got always led the manner and been at the tip of the lance to Pierce through wicked and injustice. Without Africans arising to face injustice, there would be no human or civil rights in America.

In this hr more than ever, African Americans must struggle for people of every colour who are being exploited and disenfranchized. The voice of African Americans must be heard throughout our land once again to face injustice! We can never correct, what we decline to confront.

Professor Tolson, whom the film The Great Debaters was made after, an complete poet and provocateur, passionately and with fire in his eyes prophetically lifted up his voice to talk to his generation.

Our state is in demand again, not only of inspiration but confrontation from leadership. The profiteers in authorities have got chosen instead to function corporation state rather than we the people. Therefore we the people, the courageous and bold, must originate and be a voice of scruples to redefine and repossess the personal identity of America.

No longer can we the people be duped by loyal rhetoric and flag waving politicians who neglect our national security and unnecessarily direct our military personnel into injuries manner to struggle imperial warfares with people who we cognize nil about and have got done us no injury whatsoever. No longer can we as a state demonize other peoples and states while calling ourselves good and godly.

Such self-righteousness is hellish and quickly heading toward a twenty-four hours of calculation with the planetary community and international economy. Consequently both United States and its currency are quickly losing international act upon and credibility.

May Supreme Being Godhead enlarge our voice over that of the transnational mass media pudding stones that seek to influence and control the heads of Americans. By the way, what is America? What values make we stand up for, or have got we forgotten them altogether preferring triumph and to 'win the war' - whatever that means. There are no victors in war, only also-rans and abusers.

We must again have got a national argument challenging anyone and everyone across the University and college campuses of United States to an unfastened forum, town hallway discussion, and intellectual conversation to debate the polar issues paving the manner to our national devastation or reformation.

Not only is the U.S. dollar at an all-time low, so too is America's international credibility.

Americans like to be flattered and boasting in their nationalism, but what we necessitate most is to be challenged. If United States makes not go self-aware and brutally honorable with herself, her inclination to dwell in her past glorification will be her end.

Personal psyche searching and national policy rating is what we as a state most need. When public sentiment is in differ with public policy, we the people must not be silent. The great debaters, orators, and writers have got historically always pierced through the darkness to convey light and light to open up the eyes of humanity.

Indeed in keeping with the words of The Great Debaters: "The clip for justness is always correct now!"

Keep crying loud and sparing not until righteousness flowings like a mighty watercourse and justness is served!