It was a gala night marked by a number of upsets, the principal one being Sidney Poitier’s garnering ... of my race in future Hollywood pictures.” Poitier revealed he is now discussing two ...

for being the first to break the white bar," she said. Halle Berry Remembers Her 'Decades of Friendship' with Sidney Poitier: 'True Measure of a Man' "Sidney just was a hero. The first Black hero ...