Poitier
Americannoun
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As he accepted the Oscar, his first, Jordan attributed his win to the “people who came before me” and listed celebrated Black actors — “giants,” “greats” — including Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
At age 39, Jordan joins a small circle of Black actors who have won the prestigious best actor Oscar, after Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker and Will Smith.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
As Belafonte later wrote, Poitier told him afterward, half joking, half shaken: “Don’t ever call me again for something like this.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
We would meet for dinner on occasion and there would be people like Sidney Poitier there.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
They were supposed to send in a movie called Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, with Sidney Poitier.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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