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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” and helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry. I was overwhelmed ...
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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier on March 21, 1972. Associated Press Before I learned Sidney Poitier was a great actor, I learned he was important, with a capital "I."
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Sidney Poitier. Both an esteemed actor and a respected humanitarian, Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963) and an Honorary Award presented in 2001. Born in Miami, he grew up both in the Bahamas and the United States and became a noted actor both on the stage and in such films as The Defiant Ones ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, Oscar Winner Who Helped Tear Down Racial Barriers, Dies at 94. Sidney Poitier, whose dignity and self-assertion ushered in a new era in the depiction of African-Americans in ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award — he won in 1964 for 'Lilies in the Field,' and received an honorary Oscar in 2002 for his body of work.
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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the renowned Hollywood actor, director and activist who commanded the screen, reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in ...
Jan 14, 2022 · Sidney Poitier is slapped by this white man, and rather than stand there and take it, he slaps him right back! Just instantly. It is a physics response. It is the most automatic thing. He doesn ...
