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On This Day In Black History

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2/20/2012
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Filed Under: black history month facts, first african american to win an academy award, On This Day In Black History, sidney poitier

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February 20, 1927; On this day Sidney Poitier, who will be the first African American to win an Academy Award in a starring role, is born in Miami, Fl. Can you name the movie he received the Academy Award for?

Also On This Day In Black History:

  • 1969; Tennessee Governor W.C. Brownlow declared martial law in nine countries in Ku Klux Klan crisis
  • 1936; Jazz singer, actress, Nancy Wilson born in Chillicothe, Ohio
  • 1968; State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstrations at Alcorn A&M College.

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