impact off screen as a champion of civil rights. >> we believe in the central dignity of every human being. >> the son of a bohemian tomato farmer, poitier lived a life of first, the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and one of the first black people to become a true hollywood star among the greatest of all time. >> we have lots and lots and lots of a can american actors. now, when we didn't have any, i appeared, not because i brought so much, but because the time was right >> reporter: but his career almost ended before it ever began. as a teenager poitier auditioned for the american negro theater, but he was quickly then out because he couldn't read. he was tone deaf, and he had a thick bahamian accent. >> he said you're no actor,
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