the field handyman homer smith. lots of luck. yeah, you. reporter: the role that won him the first ever lead actor award for an african-american. it is a long journey. reporter: he moved 0 harlem as a teenager and endured the hard climb. then no way out in the 1950s film about racism. you watch yourself, black boy. just shut up. reporter: he played a doctor. in a performance so performance the film credited with ending british colonial role in the bahamas. hollywood has the first african-american screen star. go ahead and say it. reporter: a first to later point out too long in coming. if we are 40 million americans, we certainly ought to have more than one movie star.
breaking director, paving the way for black actors in film. the love by generations for his activism for racial equality. it s especially poignant in america today. here s a brief look back at the man and his lasting impact. they call me mr. tibs. reporter: sidney poitier played characters who jumped off the screen, opposite rod steiger in the heat of the night. now where did you earn it? i m a police officer. amen reporter: and in the lillies of the field as hammer man martin smith. lots of luck, mother. reporter: the one that won him the first ever lead oscar for an african-american. it is a long journey to this moment. reporter: raised in the bahamas, he moved to harlem as a teen-ager and endured the hard
but it is something that has to be done. it s so crucial when you look. i looked this morning again at what is happening at the state level. if you look at these bills, willie, they sound like something out of soviet russia . if you look at what they seek to do. they re absurd, unnecessary, oppressive. let s underline senator mcconnell didn t just come out to opposition of the for the people act, which we knew, he also believed the john lewis voting rights bill is, quote, unnecessary. so you re not going to get to 60 votes that way. so, what did you say to joe manchin, who said, look, i m for the john lewis voting rights bill. i just can t go as far as the for the people act? is that a compromise you would be willing to accept the people on that call yesterday, they said, look, we prefer for the people, but we ll take your vote on john lewis? we need both. it s not a compromise. the two work in tandem with each other. they re different legislative
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