Academy Award-winning actor Sidney Poitier (born 1927) was once described as “the Martin Luther King of the movies.” In the turbulent 1960s, he “embodied the black image for the dawning Age of ...

Emmy-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph received the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Gotham Television Awards June 2. The “Abbott Elementary” star has a special history with the tribute’s ...

Sheryl Lee Ralph is set to receive the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the second annual Gotham Television Awards. The Gotham will honor Ralph for continuing to inspire, uplift, and break new ...

March 24, 2002 -- Halle Berry became the first African-American to win the Best Actress Oscar and Denzel Washington followed Sidney Poitier as only the second black to win the Best Actor award.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is set to receive the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the second annual Gotham Television Awards. The Gotham will honor Ralph for continuing to inspire, uplift, and break new ...