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Sidney Poitier Wins Best Actor: 1964 Oscars - YouTube
Anne Bancroft presents Sidney Poitier the Oscar for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field at the 36th Academy Awards. Hosted by Jack Lemmon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzTyxXPy1o
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Sidney Poitier - Wikipedia
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Poitier
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Today in 1964, Sidney Poitier Made Oscar History. A Look at Black Actors and the Best Actor Academy Award IndieWire
Today in 1964, Sidney Poitier Made Oscar History. A Look at Black Actors and the Best Actor Academy Award.
http://www.indiewire.com/2016/04/today-in-1964-sidney-poitier-made-oscar-history-a-look-at-black-actors-and-the-best-actor-academy-award-287779/
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Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field - Apr 13, 1964 - HISTORY
On this day in 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field (1963).
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sidney-poitier-wins-best-actor-oscar-for-lilies-of-the-field
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Sidney Poitier - Golden Globes
His charismatic screen persona brought him into definite leading man status. By this time, he had also directed films for ten years.
https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/sidney-poitier
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Sidney Poitier - Actor, Director, Filmmaker, Film Actor - Biography
Biography.com recounts the achievements of Caribbean-American actor and director Sidney Poitier. Read about his career and history-making Best Actor Oscar win.
https://www.biography.com/people/sidney-poitier-9443345
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Oscar win proved Sidney Poitier was second to none - USA Today
In 1964, he became the first African-American to win an Academy Award for best actor.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/02/25/black-history-month-poitier-oscar/5817735/
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The impact of Poitier’s 1964 Oscar win - The Boston Globe
On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier made history by becoming the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Actor, awarded to him for his performance as the affable, itinerant handyman who helps a bevy of nuns to build a chapel in “Lilies of the Field.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2014/01/04/the-impact-poitier-oscar-win/bz5MOdEE9KeR0nbNsNg8AP/story.html
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Long journey to an Oscar for Sidney Poitier – archive - The Guardian
From the archive: How the Guardian reported on Sidney Poitier’s historic win at the 1964 Oscars.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/1964/apr/13/mainsection.fromthearchive
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Sidney Poitier First Black Ever To Receive ‘Best Actor’ Oscar – Variety
Santa Monica, April 13. — "Tom Jones" won the Best Picture prize in the 36th annual Oscar Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium tonight, but the sweep which had tender in all pre-Academy polls failed to materialize.
https://variety.com/1964/film/news/sidney-poitier-first-black-ever-to-receive-best-actor-oscar-1201342512/
