| LC control no. | no2014066808 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Washington, Kenny, 1918-1971 |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 19180831 |
| Death date | 19710624 |
| Field of activity | Acting Football |
| Affiliation | Los Angeles Rams (Football team) National Football League |
| Profession or occupation | African American actors African American football players |
| Found in | While Thousands Cheer lobby card collection, 1942 [Schomburg Center, Photo & Prints Div.]: credits on card (Kenny Washington (All American)) IMDb, accessed 4/22/14: (Kenny Washington, b. August 31, 1918, Los Angeles, Ca.; d. June 24, 1971, Los Angeles, Ca.; actor; Los Angeles Rams halfback and one of the first African Americans to play in the National Football League after World War II) Atwood, Gretchen. Lost champions, 2016: ECIP galley ("In the spring of 1946 the NFL's Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington and Woody Strode. The Rams became the first NFL team to integrate and did so a year before Robinson was promoted to the major leagues in baseball. Several months after the Rams signed Washington and Strode, the Cleveland Browns inked Bill Willis and Marion Motley to contracts. These four men broke the color line in modern pro football.") |
| Associated language | eng |
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