Sidney Poitier Honored in France
May 19th, 2006 by Andre Soares
Via CBC: "You are the champion of equality between men," France’s Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres told American actor Sidney Poitier (The Defiant Ones, Lilies of the Field), this year’s recipient of France’s highest honor, the Order of Arts and Letters.
Chevalier Poitier was honored in recognition of his tearing down barriers for black performers in Hollywood.
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