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Article: 60th anniversary issue.(Letter to the Editor)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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I think your 60th anniversary cover (Nov. 2005) is beautiful, displaying the Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Jamie Foxx. But, I was very disappointed that the first Black Academy Award winner, Sidney Poitier, was not on the cover along with these incredible pioneers. It is very important to remember that Mr. Poitier was the first Black person to ever receive an Academy Award. This is a very important event in American history, as well as for the 60th anniversary edition of Ebony magazine.
Kecia L. McCoy
Baltimore, Md.
Editor's Note: As we pointed out in "The Insider" (Nov. 2005), Mr. Poitier was the first person we ...