Sidney Poitier (Black American Series) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "ON THE NIGHT of April 14, 1964, a tense Sidney Poitier sat in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, waiting for the..." (more)
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Traces the life of the movie actor who won an Academy Award in 1964 and became a symbol of the breakthrough of black performers in motion pictures. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Holloway House Publishing Company (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870675664
• ISBN-13: 978-0870675669
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #415,246 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just for kids, August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Sidney Poitier (Black Americans of Achievement) (Paperback)

Coretta Scott King's Line of books of famous black profiles is traditionally written for the audience of adolescents, yet benefitial to older teens and adults as an introduction. Sidney Poitier's biography is no exception. The book opens with the humble man's modest beginnings as a West Indian export. His bittersweet struggle to curve his accent by immitating radio disc jockeys provides the drama that movies are made of. While the sibling-type rivalry between he and Harry Belfonte are bypassed in this forum, this reader encourages further reading on the actor. In light of scarse availablity of 1970's Poitier biographies, this l980's work becomes even more important in preserving a wonderful "Journey"(reference to the out of print Poitier biography "Long Journey").