FILE - Coretta Scott King, center, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, left, and actor Sidney Poitier appear for a viewing on a film on the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in New York on Oct. 22, 1969. Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in the Bahamas. He was 94. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)