Melvin Franklin

In 1946 Salvador Dali, a spanish surrealist artist painted The Temptation of St Anthony in the matter of a few short days in the studio that he stayed in next to the Colony Restaurant in New York. Dali made this piece after he was invited to enter in a contest for the painting to be used in a film called The Private Affairs of Bel Ami. Unfortunately he did not win, this was the only contest he’s ever entered. The painting is now located in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Dali used oil

My primary goal and purpose in writing this research paper is to inform any person who reads the final draft of the research paper about the different aspects of the International Associations of the Lions Club. Using the right knowledge and wisdom I plan on describing the organization known as the Lions Club. I will give my readers detailed information about the membership, services provided, and the local Lions Club. Using interesting facts and images, I plan on persuading any reader to consider

In the movie Zodiac, Robert Greysmith is on the trail of the Zodiac killer and has multiple suspects including Rick Marshall. Greysmith wishes to talk to Bob Vaughn, a hunched over, shadowy figure who invites him to his house on a stormy night. Greysmith is following a tip that Marshall had written posters for movies at the theatre; the handwriting on the poster is the closest match to the Zodiac’s so far. However, while trapped in his small kitchen, Vaughn reveals to Greysmith that he, himself drew

In the film The Great Debaters, the true story of a college debate team in Texas highlights the importance of public speaking. In numerous instances, if a topic makes a large group uncomfortable this topic goes untouched. However, in this film, the debate team bravely brings on those topics that are close to their hearts, even though society does not want to talk about these issues. The most prominent example of uneasy topics is when James Farmer Jr., in the middle of a Harvard debate, with a predominantly

beginning of the movie that there are obvious racial issues in the city because one of the main characters, James Farmer Jr., states that Marshall, Texas was “the last city to surrender after the Civil War," The movie is about a poet and professor, Melvin B. Tolson, who teaches at the all black school called Wiley College. He was inspired by the Harlem Renaissance decides to start a debate team, which was very taboo for a black college to have back then. At first he butts heads with the influential

Introduction Conflict is inevitable in any personal relationship or among members of any group. While we encounter many types of conflict in our lifetime, we often look for ways to avoid conflict. So, why do we run away from dealing with our conflict? It is often because many of us fear the conflict will escalate into a situation we will not be able to sustain. “As conflicts escalate, they go through certain incremental transformations. Although these transformations occur separately on each

to the historical makings of an all black debating team from Wiley College in Texas. With in this movie we are introduced to the restless south of the 1930’s were Negros, first handedly experienced the realization of racism. The movie centers on Melvin Tolson, a professor at small Wiley College and his distinguished team of debaters, Samantha Booke, Henry Lowe, and James Farmer Jr, who despite being in the midst of racial segregation in the South, aim to compete against Harvard University. With

“The Great Debaters” The Credits: This motion film is called “The Great Debaters.” The movie which was released in 2007 is based on a true story but does not trumpet that fact in an opening caption, takes place on the campus of Wiley College during 1935. The movie is Directed by Denzel Washington and Produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth. This film was inspired by the American Legacy article by Tony Scherman. Molly Allen Co-Produced the movies and the Executive Producers

service provider. On the contrary the other jargon “urban areas “refers to areas with high population density and vast human built features compare to the areas astounding it and the last jargon “wicked problems”, according to Horst W.J. Rittel and Melvin M. Webber, professors of design and urban planning at the University of California at Berkeley, it refers to the problem conventional method fail to resolve while they may exacerbate the situation by undesirable consequences. In recent years, the

The movie The Great Debaters is about a group of college kids debating other colleges in order to become equal to white americans in the south. There are 5 main characters in the movie: Melvin Tolson, James Farmer Jr., James Farmer Sr., Henry Lowe, and Samantha Booke. The character I chose to research is Melvin Tolson who is played by Denzel Washington. Based on all the movies that Denzel has played in, his character always seems to be hard on the outside and soft on the inside. He believed in “tough