WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 27: Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower on February 27, 2011 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
He won the Academy Award in 1964 for his lead work on #liliesofthefield becoming the 2nd Black actor to be nominated following Hattie McDaniel’s win for #GoneWithWind
In 2011 @barackobama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
#WhatALife 🙏🏽🏁🎬
Let’s take a look back to some of this most iconic moments
Academy Award Win – 1964
A Raisin In The Sun – 1961
In The Heat of The Night – 1967
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner – 1967
Honorary Award from The Academy – 2002
In His Own Words – 2014
