Tag: “The Defiant Ones”
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
By Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of...
Arizona State University Renames Film School to Honor Sidney Poitier
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Arizona State University has named its new film school after legendary actor Sidney Poitier.
According to a...
