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Sidney Poitier's The Measure Of A Man
Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida. The book “ The Measure Of A Man” is a spiritual autobiography, written by Sidney Poitier himself. Sidney grew up in the 1900’s and in a small village in the Bahamas called “ Cat Island.” I picked this book because Sidney Poitier jvery successful man spiritually and this book explains his life and how he was successful.
Sidney Poitier is Bahamian but, was born in Florida because his parents were on a vacation and gave birth. They stayed in Florida for three extra months because he was born prematurely. The Poitiers left Florida after Sidney regained health. His parents Evelyn and Reginald Poitier were tomato farmers and worked many other jobs but farming was their main job to make

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