Willard Francis Motley (July 14, 1909 – March 4, 1965) was an American author. Beginning as a teenager, Motley published a column in the African-American...

Humphrey Bogart. The movie was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role as young hoodlum...

that comment is based on a line in the 1947 novel Knock on Any Door by Willard Motley and its film adaptation.) In 1890s Draper was focused mainly on ancient...

Lewis, actor best known as Austin Stoneman in The Birth of a Nation. Willard Motley, African-American author. He was raised at 350 West 60th Street. Bernie...

an oft-repeated quotation from the 1947 book Knock on Any Door by Willard Motley, also found in the movie version of the book Live Fast, Love Hard, Die...

of the same name by Willard Motley, and is a sequel to the 1949 film Knock on Any Door, which was itself based on an earlier Motley novel. In 1950, Nick...

international correspondent Ethel Payne, poet Gwendolyn Brooks, author Willard Motley, music critic Dave Peyton, journalists Ida B. Wells, L. Alex Wilson...

Archibald John Motley, Jr. (October 7, 1891 – January 16, 1981), was an American visual artist. Motley is most famous for his colorful chronicling of...

and Richard Wright. Other Chicago Black Renaissance artists included Willard Motley, William Attaway, Frank Marshall Davis, and Margaret Walker. St. Clair...

started in 1919 Bud Billiken (1909-1965), pen name of American author Willard Motley Bud Billiken Club, social club for African-Americans in Chicago Illinois...