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c2008, p2007., General, Weinstein Company Call No: BLK DVD Fic GreatD Edition: Widescreen [ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
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By Roth, Philip2000., Houghton Mifflin Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public.
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2007., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: BLK MYS Fic Car Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library