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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - This year's Medal of Freedom recipients share a capacity to change the world, President Obama said today in naming the eclectic group. Among the 16 honorees are Sen. Ted Kennedy, slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, actor Sidney Poitier, tennis great Billie Jean King, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day... More »

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Sidney Poitier • Senate • Stephen Hawking • Desmond Tutu • tennis • Ted Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • civil rights • Presidential Medal of Freedom • US Supreme Court • US Senate • Billie Jean King • Jack Kemp • President Obama • Harvey Milk • Nancy Goodman Brinker • Pedro Jose Greer • Joseph Lowery • Joseph Medicine Crow • Chita Rivera • Mary Robinson • Janet Davison Rowley • Muhammad Yunus

 7 Men 
 Who Led 
 Double Lives 

Suspected Craigslist killer joins list of adulterers, con men

Apr 22, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff is just one of many men whose double lives were exposed by the law, ABC News reports:
  • Eliot Spitzer seemed a dedicated governor and family man until he was pinned in a prostitution ring.
  • Christophe Rocancourt pretended to be a Rockefeller heir to
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Sidney Poitier • crime • list • Eliot Spitzer • double life • Clark Rockefeller • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer • Ted Bundy • Christophe Rocancourt • Charles Kuralt • David Hampton

OPINION

 Top 50-Something Studs 

The WowOWow ladies list their picks

Sep 27, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Older men can be sexier than callow youths, such as Leonardo and Brad—or so the ladies of WowOWow report, in their list of the top 50 sexiest men over 50. The elite:
  • Rocker Bruce Springsteen
  • Author James Patterson
  • TV host Charlie Rose
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Richard Branson • Sidney Poitier • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Richard Gere • Michael Bloomberg • Barry Diller • Charlie Rose • David Bowie

African History Endures in Downtown NY

Monument on site of burial ground honors slaves, free blacks

Oct 5, 07 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Concealed for centuries beneath what are now Manhattan skyscrapers, a burial ground uncovered in 1991 teemed with life today as a ceremony honoring African and African American people and their histories marked the dedication of a $50 million granite memorial. "Now we have an opportunity to right some of... More »

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Sidney Poitier • New York City • slavery • Maya Angelou • Avery Brooks • Rodney Leon

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

Does Barack Obama make white people
feel safe?

Mar 20, 07 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if Barack Obama did not face enough obstacles, the junior senator from Illinois with Oval Office aspirations is likened to a "magic negro" by David Ehrenstein. The "magic negro" is a cultural and cinematic racial stereotype exemplified by some of the characters played by Sidney Poitier,... More »

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Barack Obama • Sidney Poitier • Scatman Crothers • Morgan Freeman • Don Cheadle • race • film • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • stereotypes • Election 2008 • movies

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