The Measure of a Man,9780062516077

The Measure of a Man

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780062516077
ISBN10: 0062516078
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-03-16
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

The acclaimed actor reveals the depth, passion, and intellectual fervor that have driven his life and career, citing the elements of his childhood that gave him his sense of worth, family, and ethics and how these qualities are essential to spiritual development. 150,000 first printing.

Author Biography

Sidney Poitier was the first -- and remains the only -- African-American actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his outstanding performance in Lilies of the Field in 1963

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
The Idyll
1(30)
Departures
31(16)
The Time of Ashes
47(24)
Life In Black And White
71(26)
A Patch of Blue
97(20)
Why Do White Folks Love Sidney Poitier So?
117(22)
Destruction Or Resurrection?
139(24)
Legacies
163(30)
Stargazing
193(14)
The Nature Of Opposites
207(24)
The Measure of A Man
231(14)
Index 245

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