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"In the first full biography of legendary actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of Hollywood's only leading black man during the civil rights era, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. Poitier is a gifted actor, a great American success story, an intriguing personality, and a political symbol. As Goudsouzian details, Poitier's past illuminates America's racial history." "In films like Blackboard Jungle, The Defiant Ones, and A Raisin in the Sun, Poitier's middle-class, mannered, virtuous screen persona contradicted…
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5 editions- Other · English · 2016Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio · 9781511384285
- Other · English · 2014University of North Carolina Press · 496 pages · 9781469622934
- Other · English · 2011University of North Carolina Press · 496 pages · 9780807875841
- Other · English · 2011University of North Carolina Press · 496 pages · 9781469603605
- Other · English · 2004University of North Carolina Press · 480 pages · 9780807828434
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