A Legacy That Burns Brightly
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A Legacy That Burns Brightly
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The sons of debate coach and poet Melvin Tolson were in Kansas City to take part in the Debate-Kansas City's award ceremony. Tolson's story has recently been depicted in the movie, "The Great Debaters," starring Denzel Washington. Tolson graduated from Lincoln High School 90 years ago and wished to be remembered foremost as a poet. He died in 1966. This year's winner of the Melvin B. Tolson Award is Christopher Bernard of Northeast High School.
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Creator: Robertson, Joe
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2008-04-25
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Related Item
The Kansas City Star
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Note(s)
Tolson's biographer is Robert Farnsworth, professor emeritus at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Shelf Locator
Vertical File: RAMOS--Tolson, Melvin
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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