Jan 8, 2022 · And then, the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Sidney Poitier intersected one final time. After King’s assassination on April 4, 1968, Poitier was a stand-in for the ideal that King...

Jan 12, 2022 · Russell Wigginton, president of the Memphis-based National Civil Rights Museum, points to Poitier’s staunch support of Martin Luther King Jr. and the actor’s participation in the …

Jan 8, 2022 · And then, the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Sidney Poitier intersected one final time. After King’s assassination on April 4, 1968, Poitier was a stand-in for the ideal that King...

Jan 19, 2022 · Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 in the photograph taken at the memorial on August 28, 1963. At around the same age, Sidney Poitier was coming into his own as an actor.

Jan 11, 2022 · By 1964, Belafonte had cultivated a deep friendship with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and developed relationships with student-activists connected to the Student Non …

Feb 9, 2023 · In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the...

Jan 7, 2022 · Poitier attended Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963 and attended his funeral in 1968. He participated in a march to honor James Meredith, the first Black person …

Jan 10, 2022 · He supported the non-violent preachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and often made public appearances at peaceful boycotts and marches. Poitier, along with fellow …

Paying tribute to Sidney Poitier in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "He is a man of great depth, a man of great social concern, a man who is dedicated to human rights and freedom."

Feb 1, 2017 · Five decades ago, at the height of the civil-rights movement, America’s most beloved movie actor was a black man whose three films that year— To Sir, with Love; In the …