Life Beyond Measure (27 page)

Poitier, Sydney, xi, 14–18, 129, 178

Poitier, Teddy, 4–5, 51–56, 61

Poitier-Gouraige, Gina, xi, 18, 126, 129

Poitier-Henderson, Beverly, xi, xii, xiii, 10, 13, 18, 29, 126, 129, 179

poker, 143, 144, 146–47

pollution, 232, 246, 247, 248

pop culture, 117

Porchia, Antonio, 243

Porgy and Bess
(film), 148

pork, 6

power, 239–40

Prince George’s Wharf, 36

prostate cancer, 176–80

public speaking, 206

Queens, New York, 108

racism, 20, 42, 65–66, 68, 105, 166–69, 173–76, 185, 191–93, 217, 230, 242, 243, 266; in films, 135–37; Jim Crow, 20, 191–92; in sports, 186.
See also
segregation

radio, 222

A Raisin in the Sun
(film), 128

religion, 10–12, 21–22, 23, 24–25, 56, 77–91, 116, 189, 207, 230, 239, 241, 251–55, 261, 262, 268; African, 23; faith, 251–55; of Poitier, 24–25, 78–91, 251–55

Rhythm Club, Harlem, 145

Ribs in the Ruff, 142

Rickey, Branch, 186

Robeson, Paul, 161–62, 187–88, 197

Robinson, Jackie, 186–87, 197

Robinson, Rachel, 186

role models, 181–99

Rolle, Yorrick, 66, 71, 94, 164–66

Roman Catholic Church, 80, 84

Romans, 236

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 192

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 192

Russia, 19, 187, 236, 240

Sagan, Carl, 88

St. Louis, 99

sapodillas, 62–63

satellites, 232–33

Scandinavia, 236, 238

science, 87, 88, 142, 237, 255, 262, 266, 272; society and, 219–34

segregation, 20, 68, 105, 169, 173–76, 191–93, 217; bathroom, 174–76; education, 192–93; train, 191–92

Separate but Equal
(film), 194–95

September 11 terrorist attacks, 89

sharecropping, 191

shoplifting, 153–57

slavery, 23, 26, 80, 81, 89, 105, 196–97, 217, 267; abolition of, 80; escapees, 80; trade, 80, 142

Smith, Baron, 165–66

society and science, 219–34

soothsayers, 21–22, 79, 81, 103

soul, 261–62

South Africa, 123, 174–76, 182–84, 193, 195; apartheid, 174–76, 182–84

South America, 19

Soviet Union, 240

Spain, 19, 236

Spielberg, Steven, 196

sports, 186–87

Stalin, Joseph, 242

stealing, 153–57

stem-cell research, 117

Stevens, George, 194–95

Straw Market, 38–39

subsistence farming, 4

sugar, 6

Supreme Court, U.S., 185, 194

Susskind, David, 172

swimming, 24, 172–73

Syracuse, New York, 56

Tanzania, 195

technology, 100, 209, 219–34, 239, 243, 248

telephone, 224, 228

television, 117, 172, 205, 219–20, 225, 239

terrorism, 89, 242–43, 266

theater, 98; Poitier’s early career in, 98–99, 106–107

Theresa Hotel, Harlem, 144

thievery, 153–57

tobacco, 6

To Sir with Love
(film), 128

tomato farming, 6, 20, 35, 44, 212

Tuskegee Airmen, 192

Twain, Mark, 272

United Nations, 188

Universal Pictures, 128

universe, 215, 255, 268; creation of, 88–89

University of Georgia, 193

University of Mississippi, 193

Vietnam War, 193

village life, 6, 7, 31–35

violence, 167–68, 170–72, 207, 265–66; war and, 235–44

Vogue,
128

voodoo practices, 55, 81, 118

Wall Street, 239 “want” and “need,” channel between, 93–101

war, 235–44, 266

Warren, Earl, 194–95

water shortages, 246, 247, 250

Wells, Ida B., 191–92

West Africa, 10–11

Western movies, 5

Western Senior, 65

West Indies, 122, 147

wheel, 226

Wildberg, John, 98–99

Winfrey, Oprah, 178, 184, 189, 193

Wisconsin, 99

World War I, 236, 241

World War II, 89, 192, 224, 236, 241

Wright, Arthur, 190

Yale Law School, 190

Zambia, 195