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Sidney Poitier speaks onstage at the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Morgan Freeman held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 9, 2011 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for AFI)

Poitier now oldest living best actor Oscar winner

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theGRIO REPORT - With the death of Ernest Borgnine on Sunday, 85-year-old Sidney Poitier now stands as the oldest best actor Oscar winner alive...
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Treme: America's oldest black neighborhood

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Treme is not only the namesake of the HBO show which depicts life in New Orleans after Katrina. It is also the the oldest African-American neighborhood in existence in the United States...
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Fans of oldest black bookstore fight Amazon with Google tool

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Marcus Books, the nation's oldest black-owned bookstore, is taking on Amazon.com's new price-checker app. Now, the indy bookstore's supporters have launched an online tool that...
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