Kammala wannan jumla: Sidney Poitier ya zama dan wasan Afirka na farko na Afirka da ya lashe kyautar Academy Award don Mafi kyawun Actor kuma na biyu na Afirka-Amurka wanda ya lashe Oscar gaba ɗaya (bayan Hattie McDaniel ya lashe kyautar Academy Award don Mafi kyawun Mataimakiyar Mata don "Gone with the Wind" a cikin
1939) ya yi nasara.