GRAND FORKS — He's the cowboy kids love. Woody from the "Toy Story" movies has brought smiles to young faces for decades. But Tom Hanks voiced a character inspired by a different cowboy; actor and ...

Many know the story of Jackie Robinson ... he integrated Major League Baseball in 1947, but few know the names Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, Bill Willis and Marion Motley Many know the story of ...

'The Harder They Fall' owes a tip of the hat to the pro footballer turned actor, who played the title role in one of the first mainstream films to plainly address racism. By Seth Abramovitch Senior ...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame will recognize the "Forgotten Four" trailblazers at this year's enshrinement ceremony. Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Bill Willis, and Marion Motley were named the ...

TCM DEDICATES Tuesday’s “Summer Under the Stars” schedule to Woody Strode, an athlete and actor who never became a Hollywood idol or household name. A decathlon star for UCLA, Strode served in World ...

CANTON — The Forgotten Four will be well remembered this summer at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Canton native Marion Motley joins Bill Willis, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode — four men who broke ...

In honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the film historian and TV personality traveled across the world in search of John Ford's lost film of the invasion. Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Psych Season 3 ...

The former Pro Bowl receiver lobbied Pro Football’s Hall of Fame to honor Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Bill Willis and Marion Motley, the four Black players who reintegrated the league in 1946.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Keyshawn Johnson about his new book — The Forgotten First — about the four Black pioneers who broke the NFL's color barrier. We'd like to introduce you to four men who ...