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Poitier, Sidney

Authoritative Name:

Poitier, Sidney

Biography:

Bahamian American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Associated Subjects:

Poitier, Sidney

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

7 items in 2 collections (expand all)

CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69)

Creator:: Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:: Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:: 1964/1967
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:: Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:: 1964/1967
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

King--Edwin King papers (Z: Accessions,M79-424)

Creator:: King, Edwin
Date of Original:: 1963/1968
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

King--Freedom Schools, 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 16)

Creator:: King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 15, Folder 1)

Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Transcript, 1967, Keynote Address, SCLC 10th Anniversary Convention Banquet

Creator:: Poitier, Sidney
Date of Original:: 1967-08-14
Collection:: Marian Bruce Logan Collection of Civil Rights Activism, 1945-1989
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library