■ Cogito, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. (René Descartes, mathematician and philosopher,1599-1650)
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| Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) |
| "Poitier's rise mirrored profound changes in the country in the 1950s and 1960s. As racial attitudes evolved during the civil rights era and segregation laws were challenged and fell, Poitier was the performer to whom a cautious industry turned for stories of progress." The struggle by American Blacks is by no means over but it has been advanced over the past 100 years by many trailblazers, most notable of whom are |
