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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Director
gptkb:Actor
gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:active_years
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1946-2022
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1927-02-20
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gptkbp:birth_place
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Miami, Florida, USA
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Sydney_Tamiia_Poitier
gptkb:Anika_Poitier
gptkb:Beverly_Poitier-Henderson
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gptkbp:death_date
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2022-01-06
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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" I am the dream and the hope of the slave."
" It is not the world that needs to change; it is the way we see the world that needs to change."
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gptkbp:first_black_actor
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to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir Sidney Poitier
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gptkbp:influenced
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African American actors
Hollywood representation
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Harry_Belafonte
gptkb:Dr._Paul_Robeson
gptkb:James_Earl_Jones
gptkb:Denzel_Washington
gptkb:Hattie_Mc_Daniel
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gptkbp:known_for
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breaking racial barriers in film
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Bahamas
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notable_character
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Dr. John Prentice in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Father in Lilies of the Field
Mark Thackeray in To Sir, with Love
Noah Cullen in The Defiant Ones
Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in the Sun
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gptkbp:notable_film
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gptkb:Guess_Who's_Coming_to_Dinner
gptkb:To_Sir,_with_Love
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun
gptkb:Lilies_of_the_Field
gptkb:The_Defiant_Ones
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Actor
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Film_Director
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Joanna_Shimkus
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gptkbp:won_award
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gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor
gptkb:Kennedy_Center_Honors
gptkb:Cecil_B._De_Mille_Award
gptkb:BAFTA_Awards
gptkb:Golden_Globe_Award
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bahamas
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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