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Sydney Poitier is dead at 94. The first Black performer to win an Oscar for best actor, he opened doors for Black film stars.

Friday, January 7, 2022 10:49 AM EST

Mr. Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film "Lilies of the Field" made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights movement was beginning to make headway in the United States.

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