Henrietta Bell Wells

Happy Friday Obots! Today we celebrate the inspiration for one of my favorite movies of all-time, the Wiley College Great Debaters. (Above, the 1930 team with coach Melvin Tolson) The story of the team, began in 1924 at Wiley College, a small liberal arts college in Marshall, Tex., founded a half century earlier by the Methodist Episcopal Church to educate “newly freed … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The Wiley College Debate Team