From Fact To Fiction, Back To Fact Again?

A new film focuses on the (mostly) true story of the debate team at a historically black college in the 1930s, and the college is hoping that the movie will help revive its own sagging fortunes. “The film’s director and star, Denzel Washington, recently pledged $1 million to restart Wiley’s now-defunct debate team… [And] the latest windfall has extended beyond the college’s debate legacy.”