Sidney Poitier, the first Black Best Actor Oscar winner for ‘Lilies of the Field,' broke stereotypes, starred in landmark ...

Poitier was winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for Lilies Of The Field. Sidney Poitier was a groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how black people were portrayed on screen ...

Sidney Poitier received virtually every showbiz award possible: An Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, plus Life Achievement Awards from AFI, BAFTA, NAACP Image Awards, SAG and Kennedy Center Honors, to name ...

In this 2000 interview, Poitier talked about his disastrous first audition, why reading was a struggle and how he went on to become the most famous Black actor of his generation. This is FRESH AIR.

In Aram Goudsouzian's restrained, capable biography of Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier, he doesn't peel away the emotional or psychological layers of the African-American screen star. Instead he tracks ...