Sidney Poitier’s Oscar speeches: ‘There was no custom for me to follow’
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Sidney Poitier’s Oscar speeches: ‘There was no custom for me to follow’
Read full transcripts of the late actor’s 2002 address on receiving his honorary Oscar, and his best actor speech in 1964, the first time a Black person had been awarded the prize
Jan 7, 2022
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