39+ View Pictures of Sidney Poitier
39+ View Pictures of Sidney Poitier. He is a black actor. On april 13, 1964, sidney poitier becomes the first african american to win the academy award for best actor, for his role as a construction worker who . In 1964, he won the academy award for best actor, . Born on february 20, 1924, in miami, florida, but raised in the bahamas, sidney poitier was the son of reginald and evelyn poitier. Simply put, sidney poitier became a beloved national treasure and symbol of a struggle almost as old as the united states itself.