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Sidney Poitier, star of &quot;To Sir With Love,&quot; places his hands in wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on June 23, 1967. Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in the Bahamas. He was 94. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Sidney Poitier, Oscar winner and groundbreaking star, dies

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

FILE - Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 2, 2014. Arizona State University has named its new film school after Poitier. The university, which is expanding its existing film program into its own school, says it has invested millions of dollars in technology to create one of the largest, most accessible and most diverse film schools. The Sidney Poitier New American Film School will be unveiled at a ceremony on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File)

Latest honor for Sidney Poitier: A film school in his name

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

This image released by Philip Rinaldi Publicity shows Denzel Washington, left, and LaTanya Richardson Jackson during a performance of &quot;A Raisin in the Sun,&quot; at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Philip Rinaldi Publicity, Brigitte Lacombe)

Denzel Washington on ‘Raisin’ and Sidney Poitier

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

File-This Feb. 22, 2014, file photo shows Tyler Perry speaking on stage at the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. Perry reminded black filmmakers that there is “more than one path” as he implored them to find alternatives to getting films made at an event honoring black men in Hollywood. Perry was among those honored by Essence at a celebration held at his own mansion on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Others honored included Spike Lee, Malcolm Lee (director of the “Best Man” films) and Sidney Poitier, who gave a moving speech that in part paid tribute to black actors who opened the doors for future generations. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Perry, Lee and Poitier feted at Essence event

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY - Associated Press

Call for protest ignored as Bahamas honors Poitier

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Bahamas to get ‘Sidney Poitier’ bridge

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Eastwood, Mirren and others fete Morgan Freeman

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press