Based in Philadelphia, Dope Shows has become some of the most prolific independent show promoters in the nation. 3 days ago Born in Miami on February 20th, 1927, Poitier was the seventh child of a ...

1949 was Hollywood’s year of the racial message movie. In May, Intruder In The Dust told the story of a Black man falsely accused of murdering a white man. July and September saw the release of Lost ...

Sidney Poitier was not expected to live. He was born two months premature to uneducated tomato farmers in the Caribbean. His father planned to use a shoe box as a makeshift coffin. Poitier's rise from ...