
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” “He has carved … Continue reading Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen