Sidney Poitier's The Measure Of A Man

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Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida to Bahamian parents Reginald and Evelyn Poitier. The book “ The Measure Of A Man” is a spiritual autobiography, written by Sidney Poitier himself. Mr. Poitier grew up in the 1900’s in a small village called “ Cat Island”in the Bahamas. I chose this book because Sidney Poitier is a,
Sidney Poitier was born prematurely while his parents were traveling to Miami to sell tomatoes at the Produce Exchange. When Mr. Poitier was born he weighed less than three pounds at birth, his mother had faith that he would survive but his father did not believe that his son was going to survive. The Poitiers left Florida and traveled back home to Cat Island when Mr. Poitier was feeling better. Mr.

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