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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