vaccine entry requirements. and this letter had no surname or address on the envelope just a short biography. but amazingly, it made it to the right person. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. one of the best known black hollywood actors of the past century, sidney poitier, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and his success paved the way for generations of other black artists. his films, including in the heat of the night and guess who s coming to dinner, reflected an america struggling with issues of racism and prejudice at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately, transcended the silver screen. our correspondent lizo mazimba looks back on the life of a hollywood icon. # in the heat of the night. sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely determination never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined poitier on screen
in prison. travis mcmichael, his father gregory, and their neighbor roddy bryan, were convicted of felony murder. they had chased mr arbery while he was jogging, before he was shot to death. their defence had claimed they feared he was planning to commit a crime. the mcmichaels will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole. roddy bryan will serve life but does have the possibility of parole. here s georgia superior court judge timothy walmsley outlining some of the evidence from the trial. there s a frame where i believe ahmaud arbery, it looks to be if he s 20 yards out, that may be close 30 yards out. it s the frame of travis mcmichael lifting the shotgun to fire at ahmaud arbery. and you watch that with context and when i say context , after hearing the evidence in this case and thinking about a young man that had been running at that point for almost five minutes and it is a chilling, truly disturbing scene. that was the georgia superior courtjudge gi
to meet vaccine entry requirements. and this letter had no surname or address on the envelope just a short biography. but amazingly, it made it to the right person. very warm welcome to you. one of the best black hollywood actors of the past century, the award winning actor sidney poitier, whose groundbreaking films in the 1950s and 60s shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and his success paved the way for generations of other black artists. his films, including in the heat of the night and guess who s coming to dinner, reflected an america struggling with issues of racism and prejudice, at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately, transcended the silver screen. our correspondent lizo mazimba looks back on the life, of a hollywood icon. # in the heat of the night. sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely