No One Believed These Woody Strode Stories! Until They Watched This - ATLNews

No One Believed These Woody Strode Stories! Until They Watched This Woody Strode broke the color barrier in professional football a full year before Jackie Robinson touched a baseball. He earned a Golden Globe nomination in Spartacus. He starred in four films now preserved in the National Film Registry. And when John Ford was dying of cancer, Strode slept on his bedroom floor for four months. Yet The New York Times called him a "character actor." This is the extraordinary, invisible life of Woody Strode. 📌 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Introduction 1:02 – #10: The Nazi Poster Boy 3:32 – #9: The Gold Dust Gang at UCLA 5:04 – #8: The Forgotten Four 6:55 – #7: 12 and 0 — Calgary's Perfect Season 7:58 – #6: Trapped for Life — Wrestling & Hollywood 9:51 – #5: The Gladiator Who Refused to Kill (Spartacus) 11:35 – #4: Sergeant Rutledge — A Race Across the River 13:39 – #3: The Man Behind Liberty Valance 15:36 – #2: The Longest 10 Minutes in Cinema 17:11 – #1: The Old Man's Floor #WoodyStrode #ClassicHollywood #Spartacus #JohnFord #GoldenAgeHollywood #WesternMovies #OnceUponATimeInTheWest #SergioLeone #LibertyValance #SergeantRutledge #ForgottenFour #NFLHistory #JackieRobinson #UCLA #BlackHistoryHollywood #GoldenGlobe #ClassicWesterns #OldHollywood #TinselTownLegends Facts and stories used to write the script of this video are well-researched. The following references are used: Primary Sources Woody Strode & Sam Young, Goal Dust: An Autobiography (1990) — https://ift.tt/u0JZe9X Frank Manchel, "The Man Who Made The Stars Shine Brighter: An Interview With Woody Strode," The Black Scholar, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring 1995) Biographical References Wikipedia — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/MRK4OhZ Britannica — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/HlVtD6I IMDb — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/HwVl0Og BlackPast.org — Woody Strode (1914–1994): https://ift.tt/tk0N6Q3 Encyclopedia.com — Strode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine: https://ift.tt/VbapRQh EBSCO Research Starters — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/4REawCT Museum of the Moving Image — The Legend of Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/TCWjqkn NFL Integration / Forgotten Four NFL.com — "Forgotten Four" Ralph Hay Pioneer Award (2022): https://ift.tt/c7sU8Dg NFL.com — "Forgotten Four" documentary article: https://ift.tt/Sp8Qnvb Pro Football Hall of Fame — Forgotten Four Documentary: https://ift.tt/nQvHBjX The Ringer — "Blackballed" series on NFL integration: https://ift.tt/FmpiO07 IMDb — Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014): https://ift.tt/Z3qUrpl Books for Further Reading Keyshawn Johnson & Bob Glauber, The Forgotten First — https://ift.tt/WOTfaNB David Shipman, "Obituaries: Woody Strode," The Independent (Jan 5, 1996) Alexander Wolff, "The NFL's Jackie Robinson," Sports Illustrated (Oct 12, 2009) --- Tinsel Town Legends does not own all content featured in this video. All rights remain with the original copyright owners. We use portions of copyrighted material under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act (Fair Use) for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. If you are the copyright owner and believe any content is used incorrectly, please contact us and we will promptly review the request. Viewers may also contact us if they see any problem in the content being used Contact Email: tinseltownlegends@gmail.com
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