Poitier wins life-time achievement award
Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier has received the Living Legend Award at the annual Trumpet Awards honouring black achievements in politics, science and the arts.
Others honoured include former Atlanta mayor and UN ambassador Andrew Young, actress Cicely Tyson and AOL Time Warner Vice Chairman Ted Turner, who received the Humanitarian Award.
Poitier, 74, won a best-actor Oscar for 1963’s ‘‘Lillies of the Field.’’
The Rev Jesse Jackson scanned the star-studded crowd, which included comedian Chris Tucker and singer Erykah Badu, and remarked that it showed the nation was recovering from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
