Ho n o r in g A Ca r ib b e a n A me r ic a n

L e g e n d …

SIR SIDNEY POITIER

Sir Sidney Poitier

February 20, 1927 – present

Photo Credit:coolspotters.com

Trailblazing Artist

Actor, Film director, Author and Diplomat

Born to Bahamian parents

Photo Credit:vanityfair.com

First Black Person to Win an Academy Award

In 1963, won the Academy Award for Best Actor.In 2002, received an Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion

Picture Arts and Sciences, “in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a

human being.

Photo Credit: goretro.blogspot.com

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

In 2009, President Barack Obama awarded Sir Sidney Poitier the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the USA's highest civilian honor.

Bahamian Ambassador to Japan since 1997. Ambassador of Bahamas to UNESCO.

Photo Credit: blindie.com

S IR S ID N E Y P O IT IE R

O n e M o r e R e a s o n t o C e le b r a t e J U N E