When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
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as James Farmer Jr.
AliveBorn: June 15, 1990
Age: 36
Torrance, California, USA
as Melvin B. Tolson
AliveBorn: December 28, 1954
Age: 71
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
as Henry Lowe
AliveBorn: November 18, 1979
Age: 46
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
as Samantha Booke
AliveBorn: October 1, 1986
Age: 39
New York City, New York, USA
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
AliveBorn: July 15, 1961
Age: 65
Longview, Texas, USA
as Pearl Farmer
AliveBorn: April 17, 1967
Age: 59
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
as Hamilton Burgess
AliveBorn: December 31, 1982
Age: 43
as Ruth Tolson
AliveBorn: May 20, 1966
Age: 60
San Francisco, California, USA
as Sheriff Dozier
DeceasedBorn: March 7, 1946
Died: July 21, 2017
Age at death: 71
as Helen Farmer
AliveBorn: May 7, 1991
Age: 35
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
as Nathaniel Farmer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Deputy
AliveBorn: March 23, 1954
Age: 72
Natchez, Mississippi, USA
as Pig Owner
AliveBirth date not on record.
Dallas, Texas, USA
as Pig Farmer
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Dunbar Reed
AliveBorn: February 2, 1982
Age: 44
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
as Harland Osbourne
AliveBorn: September 1, 1979
Age: 47
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
as Harvard Debater #1
AliveBorn: October 21, 1988
Age: 37
Austin, Texas, USA
as Harvard Debater #2
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Harvard Dean
AliveBorn: August 27, 1937
Age: 89
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
as Wilson
AliveBorn: August 12, 1952
Age: 74
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
as Paul Quinn Debater #1
AliveBorn: December 11, 1979
Age: 46
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Paul Quinn Debater #2
AliveBorn: September 25, 1979
Age: 46
USA
as Paul Quinn Debate Judge
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Oklahoma City College Debater #1
AliveBorn: December 12, 1980
Age: 45
Waxahachie, Texas, USA
as Oklahoma City College Debater #2
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Dr. Jennings
AliveBorn: April 17, 1941
Age: 85
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
as Benita
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Trudell
AliveBorn: June 13, 1968
Age: 58
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
as Enormous Man
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as Samuel
AliveBirth date not on record.
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