Sidney Poitier News

Few know of the first black male Oscar winner, James Baskett. He played a friendly storyteller in 'Song of the South,' which has been largely inaccessible for decades because of stereotypical portrayals.

New African-American broadcast network Bounce TV said it acquired rights to movies from Warner Bros.

Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier as Joey Drayton and Dr. John Prentice in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," which will show Feb.

To help celebrate Black History Month, Way Public Library will screen four Sidney Poitier films on successive Sundays beginning Feb.

It's been a long, difficult road for African Americans in achieving equality in all aspects of American life, and Hollywood is no exception.

The Boston Public Library will observe Black History Month in February with a series of music, films, and activities for all age groups.

Sidney Poitier earned a Tony Award nomination for playing Walter Lee Younger on Broadway in 1959 and then about two years later reprised the role in the classic film of the same name, earning a Golden Globe nomination.

Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Season continues with Lorraine Hansberry's classic play, A Raisin in the Sun, which begins performances on February 21 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through March 25.

The new Laemmle NoHo 7 in the NoHo Arts District is hosting a special free screening of the 1961 landmark film A Raisin in the Sun tonight at 7:30 p.m. Check the information here in a press release from Laemmle: Join Laemmle for a special Martin Luther King Jr.