02522nam 2200625Ia 450 991081518510332120200520144314.0979-88-9313-169-70-8078-7584-81-4696-0360-8(CKB)3170000000065533(EBL)4322034(SSID)ssj0000245763(PQKBManifestationID)11186292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245763(PQKBWorkID)10177748(PQKB)11571110(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243978(OCoLC)62149292(MdBmJHUP)muse28018(Au-PeEL)EBL413299(CaPaEBR)ebr10116529(OCoLC)476236753(MiAaPQ)EBC413299(EXLCZ)99317000000006553320030829d2004 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrSidney Poitier man, actor, icon /Aram Goudsouzian1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20041 online resource (495 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-2843-2 1-4696-2293-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-465) and index.pt. 1. Poverty and progress ; Patches (1927-1943) ; Great migrations (1943-1945) ; Stages (1945-1949) -- pt. II. Race man ; Message movies (1949-1952) ; Black lists (1951-1954) ; Threats (1955-1957) ; Noble savages (1956-1957) -- pt. III. Black man's burden ; Decisions (1957-1959) ; Burdens (1959-1961) ; Blues (1960-1962) ; Long journeys (1963-1964) -- pt. IV. Alone in the penthouse ; Crossroads (1965-1966) ; Useful negroes (1966-1967) ; Last hurrahs (1967-1968) -- pt. V. Through playing God ; Exiles (1967-1971) ; Survivors (1972-1978) ; Ghosts (1978-2002).In this biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyses the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement.ActorsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American actorsBiographyActorsAfrican American actors791.43/028/092BGoudsouzian Aram1693282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815185103321Sidney Poitier4070944UNINA