Sidney Poitier’s Real Breakthrough Role Was as Hollywood’s First Black Leading Man
Sir Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing Bahamian-American actor and director, has died at age 94, the Bahamian government confirmed Friday.
Poitier was the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field in 1963.
Swaths of the baby boom generation came of age watching Poitier on screen, and each seemed to have their own Sidney.