Hebrew scriptures: Actor finds success after being taught to read

Born in 1927, Poitier’s parents Reginald and Evelyn Poitier were impoverished tomato farmers. “There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone,” Poitier later recalled. “Well, that’s my dad. And he was a very good man.”

By The Standard Jan. 16, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Actor finds success after being taught to read

Born in 1927, Poitier’s parents Reginald and Evelyn Poitier were impoverished tomato farmers. “There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone,” Poitier later recalled. “Well, that’s my dad. And he was a very good man.”

By The Standard Jan. 16, 2022

Hebrew scriptures: Actor finds success after being taught to read

Born in 1927, Poitier’s parents Reginald and Evelyn Poitier were impoverished tomato farmers. “There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone,” Poitier later recalled. “Well, that’s my dad. And he was a very good man.”

By The Standard Jan. 16, 2022