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Were all so sweet for sidney poitier. ( applause ) but his climb to the highest echelon of american culture was long and hard. i ve been mad all my natural life. reporter: as he confronted deeply entrenched racism at every step. i had no power, except the power to say no. reporter: and forced white hollywood to begin taking a look at itself. do you think of yourself as a colored man. i think of myself as a man. reporter: raised on a tomato farm in the bahamas with little formal education. i don t want him. i want a white doctor. reporter: .sidney poitier headed to hollywood in 1950, playing roles that pierced the stepin fetchit amos & andy stereotypes. all i wanted to do was stand in front of my boy and tell him he would be somebody in this world besides a servant and a chauffeur. reporter: the first black actor to be nominated for an ....
He has that winning streak. he actually won one as a 20-year-old. he was wiped up early in the race. 17 laps in, chain reaction crash involving 13 cars. but the day belonged to jeff gordon who snaps a 66 game winless streak with a win. headed to hollywood for some oscar parties. sad news from the world of baseball. hall of famer duke snyder died at the age of 84. he played center field for the brooklyn dodgers. 407 home runs and won two world series titles. duke died of natural causes in california. he was 84. coming up on the radio on kilmeade & friends from 9:00 until noon, it will be bret baier, mike huckabee and he was governor and some other surprises. all coming to you from 9:00 until noon. we ll be listening. straight ahead, one woman infected and now thousands could be exposed. a serious health threat stretching from coast to coast in airports. then we ll take you live to ....