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Essay heading: Sidney Poiter
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In The Defiant Ones, he played an escaped prisoner chained to racist white man. They had to deal with issues of race during their struggle for freedom. His part in the movie earned him a nomination for an Academy Award as best actor. Each role became more interesting and for a black man in a white industry, that was a rare thing...
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Each role became more interesting and for a black man in a white industry, that was a rare thing. As time passed, he began getting more quality roles, although there was still a big gap between the types of roles offered to blacks and those offered to whites. In 1963, he became the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies Of The Valley...
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