Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier
ISBN-10
0870675664
ISBN-13
9780870675669
Series
Sidney Poitier
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
182
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Holloway House Publishing
Author
Carol Bergman

Description

Traces the life of the movie actor who won an Academy Award in 1963 and became a symbol of the breakthrough of black performers in motion pictures.

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