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Cahm bio -sidney poitier
1. Ho n o r in g A
C a r ib b e a n A me r ic a n
Legend…
SIR SIDNEY POITIER
2. Sir Sidney Poitier
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February 20, 1927 – present
3. Trailblazing Artist
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Actor, Film director,
Author and Diplomat
Born to Bahamian parents
4. First Black Person to Win an Academy
Award
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In 1963, won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
In 2002, received an Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences,
“in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a
human being.
5. Awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom
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In 2009, President Barack Obama awarded Sir Sidney Poitier the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the USA's highest civilian honor.
Bahamian Ambassador to Japan since 1997.
Ambassador of Bahamas to UNESCO.
6. S IR S ID N E Y P O IT IE R
O ne M o re R e a s o n to
C e le b r a t e J U N E