Sixty-two years ago today marked more than just an Oscar ceremony , but a turning point in film history. On 1964, Sidney ...
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This Day in History: Sidney Poitier becomes first black actor to win Academy Award for Best Actor
April 13, 1964. Sidney Poitier makes history at the 36th Academy Awards by becoming the first Black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor.
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(Reuters) - Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the civil rights ...
Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood's first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.
April 12, 1945. Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd US President after FDR’s death.
NEW YORK (AP) — At 93, screen legend Sidney Poitier has achieved a new career milestone: Arizona State University has unveiled The Sidney Poitier New American Film School. University president Michael ...
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