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In film portrayals of African Americans, by the early 1970s, the sexless and self-sacrificing characters played by Sidney Poitier during the civil rights era had been replaced by hypersexual superheroes who had achieved spectacular wealth by means other than “working for the Man.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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He never got around to reading it and it ended up in Sidney Poitier's lap, thanks to me.
Jay Weston: Legendary Music Man Milt Okun -- Belafonte to John Denver to Placido Jay Weston 2011
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Is To Sir, With Love more acceptable because Sidney Poitier is a black teacher changing the lives of at-risk white students?
Lois Alter Mark: Why We Need to Stop Dissing The Help Lois Alter Mark 2011
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The fact that I was seated at a table situated between Sidney Poitier and Paul Anka did not influence my judgement, only my enthusiasm.
Jay Weston: Hotel Bel Air Reopens... And the Swans Are Back! Jay Weston 2011
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Is To Sir, With Love more acceptable because Sidney Poitier is a black teacher changing the lives of at-risk white students?
Lois Alter Mark: Why We Need to Stop Dissing The Help Lois Alter Mark 2011
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He never got around to reading it and it ended up in Sidney Poitier's lap, thanks to me.
Jay Weston: Legendary Music Man Milt Okun -- Belafonte to John Denver to Placido Jay Weston 2011
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A star of those two films, Sidney Poitier, earned huge applause from the celebrity audience when he came onstage.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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In The Heat Of The Night (1967) -- Black urban police Detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time -- specifically, the Deep South, where a murder has just been committed.
John Farr: 10 Classic Movies That Turn Up the Heat for Summer John Farr 2011
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I saw 'To Sir, With Love,' he chuckles, recounting the 1967 classic in which Sidney Poitier plays an idealistic teacher who wins over students at a roughhouse London school.
Was the $5 Billion Worth It? Jason L. Riley 2011
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He never got around to reading it and it ended up in Sidney Poitier's lap, thanks to me.
Jay Weston: Legendary Music Man Milt Okun -- Belafonte to John Denver to Placido Jay Weston 2011
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