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The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier by Keyshawn Johnson, Bob Glauber

The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rhett Samuel Price (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier at common listening paces
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30 min / day21 days
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2 hours / day6 days
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What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier is an audiobook by Keyshawn Johnson and Bob Glauber: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Rhett Samuel Price, released September 21, 2021, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Rhett Samuel Price
Released
September 21, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
ISBN
9781549163791

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier as an audiobook?

The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier?

The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier is narrated by Rhett Samuel Price.

Is The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.