*Mr. Sidney Poitier, who is Hollywood royalty as well as the first black actor to win a best actor Academy Award, celebrated his 89th birthday Saturday night at Craig’s Restaurant on Melrose Blvd. in ...

Sidney Poitier wasn’t initially a fan of Atlanta when he traveled through what was then Atlanta Municipal Airport in the 1950s. He had already been a lead actor in films such as “No Way Out” and “Cry, ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler By Gabe Cohn Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this ...