Digital Learning Commons: The Great Debaters: The Great Debaters

Wiley College's Great Debaters
From the East Texas Historical Journal. Provides an overview on the real Great Debaters, the team from Wiley College.
Melvin B. Tolson (Modern American Poetry)
A page dedicated to Melvin Tolson, poet and coach of the Wiley College debate team.
Melvin B. Tolson (Poetry Foundation)
Another biography on Tolson.
Henrietta Bell Wells, a Pioneering Debater, Dies at 96
Obituary of Henrietta Wells, a freshman and only female on the Wiley College debate team as depicted in The Great Debaters.
“Great Debaters” event to be rematched at USC for the first time since 1935
From the USC School for Communication and Journalism.