Quote by: Sidney Poitier

I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different from the kind of horrendous oppression that black people in Miami were under when I moved there at 15. I found Florida an antihuman place.

Sidney Poitier

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Author Bio

  • NameSidney Poitier
  • DescriptionAmerican-born Bahamian actor, film director, author, and diplomat
  • BornFebruary 20, 1927
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Film Director; Actor; Diplomat; Autobiographer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Marian Anderson Award; Grammy Award