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.
as James Farmer Jr.
as Melvin B. Tolson
as Henry Lowe
as Samantha Booke
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
as Pearl Farmer
as Hamilton Burgess
as Ruth Tolson
as Sheriff Dozier
as Helen Farmer
as Nathaniel Farmer
as Deputy
as Pig Owner
as Pig Farmer
as Dunbar Reed
as Harland Osbourne
as Harvard Debater #1
as Harvard Debater #2
as Harvard Dean
as Wilson
as Paul Quinn Debater #1
as Paul Quinn Debater #2
as Paul Quinn Debate Judge
as Oklahoma City College Debater #1
as Oklahoma City College Debater #2
as Dr. Jennings
as Benita
as Trudell
as Enormous Man
as Samuel
as Clementine
as William Taylor
as Captain Wainwright
as Lila
as Joseph
as White Labor Organizer
as White Sharecropper #1
as White Sharecropper #2
as Prairie View Professor
as Security Guard
as Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
as White Man at Lynching
as Juke Joint Musician #1
as Juke Joint Musician #2
as Juke Joint Musician #3
as Juke Joint Musician #4
as Fisk Professor
as Howard Debater #1
as Enormous Man
as Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)
