Two speeches from The Great Debaters (2007)
Film extracts and transcripts of these scenes are included. Of course, the scenes would have been edited versions of real debates. The second scene is with Harvard, which was a piece of fiction as the real debate was with UCLA in 1935.
"Resolved" means the proposition for the debated. It is traditionally placed in the past tense by the speakers for the "affirmative" as if the debate has been won.
Wiley College did beat Harvard the 1930s . . . and also a touring debate team from Oxford University.
Film extracts and transcripts of these scenes are included. Of course, the scenes would have been edited versions of real debates. The second scene is with Harvard, which was a piece of fiction as the real debate was with UCLA in 1935.
"Resolved" means the proposition for the debated. It is traditionally placed in the past tense by the speakers for the "affirmative" as if the debate has been won.
Resolved: Negroes Should be Admitted to State Universities
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthegreatdebaterswileyvsoklahomacitycollege.html
Resolved: Civil Disobedience is a Moral Weapon in the Fight for Justice
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthegreatdebaterswileycollegevsharvarduniversity.html
Wiley College did beat Harvard the 1930s . . . and also a touring debate team from Oxford University.
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