The film adapted from the true story
In the 1930s , there is a named Martha Gavin Tolson ( played by Denzel Washington ) in the language of the Afro-American rhetoric has deep knowledge , especially good at writing poetry and debate
In fact, he later era was considered one of the greatest poets
At that time , he was in a Texas black colleges and universities as a professor
In 1930s Texas , the government is still mired in the 70s since the 19th century began to develop the implementation of apartheid or racial discrimination against blacks law - blacks were denied the right to vote , and in the schools, settlements , public transport , public places and employment, justice , military service , marriage and other aspects , by the brutal segregation and discrimination
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