donated $100,000, their fourth installment in plans to give $1 million, to Marshall, Texas’ HBCU Wiley College. The school is the college whose debate team was the subject of the actor’s 2007 film The Great Debaters.
Washington, wife Pauletta and their four adult children are excited to be able to help open doors for the debate team at the HBCU, as he told ESSENCE in a statement. “We are honored to continue supporting the best and the brightest in the land and look forward to ‘The Great Debaters’ continuing to do what they do best: win.”Thinking about the generosity of the Washingtons, we couldn’t help but want to learn more about the family.
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