BBCNEWS BBC News January 7, 2022 20:03:00
Determination never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined poitier on screen and off. he made his cinema debut playing a doctor, a man of status, something almost unheard of for black performers then. and with roles like an escaped convict in the defiant 0nes and a struggling husband in a raisin in the sun, he tackled prejudice head on. maybe i'll get down on my black knees. all right, mr charlie. all right, mr great white father. you just give us that money and we won't come out there and dirty up your white folks' neighbourhood. the era of course meant he had a burden his white cou...
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