Poitier
Americannoun
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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
Several of the most prominent African Americans present, including Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier and Laurence Fishburne, did not wear rainbow-colored ribbons as a sign of solidarity with Jackson and his Rainbow Coalition.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
At a press conference at Heston’s home in Pacific Palisades, they stood together with Brando, Poitier, Newman, Garner, Carroll, Moreno and Burt Lancaster—an improbable coalition.
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
The message had also been delivered on a national stage by celebrities such as Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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