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1949 was Hollywood’s year of the racial message movie. In May, Intruder In The Dust told the story of a Black man falsely accused of murdering a white man. July and September saw the release of Lost ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph is set to receive the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the second annual Gotham Television Awards. The Gotham will honor Ralph for continuing to inspire, uplift, and break new ground ...

Sidney Poitier became the first Black Best Actor Oscar winner, broke racial barriers with roles like ‘In the Heat of the ...

*The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will bestow on Sidney Poitier its highest honor, the Fellowship, at the BAFTA Film Awards on Feb. 14, reports Variety. The Fellowship, which is awarded ...

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The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler By Gabe Cohn Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this ...

All you need to know about being a Black actor in the 1950s is that after making his film debut — not in a bit part or as a supporting player, but as the star in the noir classic “No Way Out” — Sidney ...

Sidney Poitier was the first Black man to win Best Actor, starred in 'Lilies of the Field' and 'In the Heat of the Night,' ...

As legendary performers, civil rights fighters, and artists who fought to break out of Hollywood’s stereotypical roles for Black men, Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte were destined to become fast ...