Denzel Washington gives school a million reasons to be merry
Categories: Development, Celeb parenting, In the news, Education
Yay! Another story of celebrity generosity making a difference!
After screening his new movie, The Great Debaters, the story of the all-black Wiley's college's 1930s debate team, Denzel Washington said he would like to see the college's debate team get going again and offered a million dollars to make it happen. In the movie, Washington stars as educator and poet Melvin Tolson, who led the all-black college's elite debate squad.
The Great Debaters is the true story how the struggling black school beat the defending national champions from the University of Southern California in a nationally broadcast debate in 1935 and opens on Christmas Day.
Wiley College is located in Marshall, Texas and has about 900 students. The movie has inspired Wal-Mart to set up a $100,000 scholarship fund and a Dallas businessman has pledged $300,000 to the college.
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