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Sidney Poitier & The Loyalty Oath
In his autobiography, Sidney Poitier discusses how Hollywood movie and television executives urged him to sign a “loyalty oath.” The “loyalty oath” required him to disassociate from Paul Robeson and Canada Lee, two super-talented activists who were labeled as “troublemakers” for heavily advocating for the African-American community. Sidney Poitier described his relationship with Paul Robeson […]
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“One day a friend asked me why I didn’t wear my hair in an Afro, natural. The thought had honestly never occurred to me. In those days, there weren’t too many Afros on the set. But the more I thought about it, the better it sounded. I had always hated frying my hair- burnt ears, […]
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