By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer The Harder They Fall, the Black Western in theaters now and on Netflix on Nov. 3, owes a tip of the Stetson to Woody Strode, one of the NFL’s first Black ...

Woody Strode. Supplied by UCLA Born in Los Angeles ... Reveling in the win postgame, Strode rode a horse into the lobby of the team hotel. Broken ribs and an ailing shoulder spurred Strode to ...

Woody Strode said Jimmy Stewart was ‘uncomfortable’ around him on ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ because he was Black “Stewart was never rude to me–he was never rude to anyone ...

Pompey actor Woody Strode remembered that Ford “kept needling ... As the two actors filmed an exterior shot on a horse-drawn cart, Wayne was close to losing control of the horses.

L-R: John Wayne as Tom Doniphon, James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard, and Woody Strode as Pompey | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance finds Wayne playing a local man ...

A year prior to Jackie Robinson's historic 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, a quartet of Black football players broke down the race barrier in professional football that had been erected ...

Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Bill Willis, and Marion Motley were named the recipients of the Ralph Hay Pioneer Award, which is presented to individuals who are "significant innovative ...