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By Jessica McElrath, About.com Guide to African-American History since 2000

Sidney Poitier, Academy Award Winning Actor

Thursday October 18, 2007
Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images. Born prematurely and weighing only three pounds, Sidney Poitier’s chance for survival looked bleak. His father, certain that his son would not survive, obtained a shoebox in which he planned to bury him in. As fate would have it, Poitier survived. As an adult, he went on to become a leading actor who graced the screen with the portrayal of powerful black characters.

Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images.

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October 24, 2007 at 9:56 pm
(1) ellen says:

I viewed his pic. on blackcentury.com which is a dating service for whites and blacks to find their interracial love. maybe you will like it.

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