“The Great Debaters” a movie based on a true story were blacks lived in fear because of the racial discrimination of the whites and the civil rights movements. A college teacher by the name of professor Palson started a tryout for the debate team and his goal was to select the best four students out of 45. The best four which included: Henry Lowe a very intelligent young men who is easily distracted by beautiful woman and liquor, Samantha Booke the first woman to join the debate team, James Farmer, Jr. the son of a minister but also was very intelligent and James Farmer Sr a very bright young man that falls in love with Samantha but does not have a chance. They were all black student that were trained and guide by Palson to do well in every debate; they all fought for the rights of the “blacks”. Palson believed that it was time for the blacks to stand up and be heard; therefore he trained these students so they can go against other blacks in their community. Palson never tolerated any nonsense from the students and he believed that they did not have any opponent whatsoever. The students debated about “blacks” and “whites” and what they are going through in their everyday life. At one point Palson believed that they needed a tougher group of students to go against so he set out a debate against the Harvard University students in which they won the debate and were the first colored people to have won a debate against them., the main purpose of these debates were to give “blacks” the same opportunities the “whites” had. At the end of the movie their names were all over the news and news papers because of the good work they did and the braveness they had to stand up in what they believed.