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Based in Philadelphia, Dope Shows has become some of the most prolific independent show promoters in the nation. 3 days ago Born in Miami on February 20th, 1927, Poitier was the seventh child of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In No Way Out—directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who co-wrote it with Lesser Samuels—Luther Brooks (Poitier) has just become the ...

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 ...

*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 ...

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

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 ...

Sydney Poitier, the charismatic actor with the smooth-toned voice and intense gaze, rose to stardom in the 1960s. Honored by the Screen Actors Guild, winner of an Academy Award and recipient of the ...