[DOC] [TLE] Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field - Apr 13 ... [PAR] On this day in 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field (1963). [DOC] [TLE] Sidney Poitier - Wikipedia [PAR] Poitier was the first male actor of African descent to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award (for The Defiant Ones, 1958). He was also the first actor of African descent to win the Academy Award for Best Actor (for Lilies of the Field in 1963). [DOC] [TLE] Lilies of the Field (1963 film) - Wikipedia [PAR] Lilies of the Field is a 1963 film adapted by James Poe from the 1962 novel of the 
same name ... It tells the story of an African American itinerant worker who 
encounters a group ... There he sees several women working on a fence, very 
ineptly. .... for Best Actor, the first time an African-American male won a 
competitive Oscar. [DOC] [TLE] Sidney Poitier - Awards - IMDb [PAR] Oscar, Best Actor in a Leading Role Lilies of the Field (1963). Sidney Poitier 
became the first African American to win the Best Actor Oscar and the only one 
until . [DOC] [TLE] Sydney Poitier Becomes the First African American to Win the Oscar ... [PAR] May 9, 2016 ... 1964: Sydney Poitier Becomes the First African American to Win the ... first 
African American to win the Oscar for Best Actor, for his leading role in ... He first 
worked at the Theater as a janitor, in exchange for acting lessons. ... In 1963 
Poitier was given a leading role in Ralph Nelson's movie Lilies of the Field. [DOC] [TLE] Lilies of the Field | film by Nelson [1963] | Britannica.com [PAR] Lilia Skala (left) and Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field (1963), directed by  ... 
received an honorary Academy Award in 1948 for his role as Uncle Remus in 
Song of the South [1946]. ... He was the first African American to win an Academy 
Award for. ... Oscar to Poitier for best actor, 1963 (in Sidney Poitier); role of Poitier 
(in... [DOC] [TLE] Sidney Poitier: The First African American to Win an Oscar for Best ... [PAR] ... for Best actor. He won the Oscar for his role as a construction worker who built 
a church for nuns in Lilies of the Field ... His first Oscar nomination for Best Actor 
came with his role in the Defiant Ones in 1958. James Baskett ... Hattie 
McDaniel was the first African American winner at the Acacemy Awards. 
McDaniel won... [DOC] [TLE] Every African-American Oscar Winner Amid #OscarsSoWhite ... [PAR] Feb 27, 2016 ... Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar with his best actor 
award for Lilies of the Field. ... The first African-American to win the best 
supporting actor Oscar took home the award for his role as Gunnery Sgt .... He 
won his first Oscar, after receiving his fourth nomination, for his work on Bird,... [DOC] [TLE] Sidney Poitier - Film Actor, Filmmaker, Director - Biography.com [PAR] May 21, 2015 ... Read about his career and history-making Best Actor Oscar win. ... receiving the 
honor for his performance in 'Lilies of the Field' (1963). ... He joined the American 
Negro Theater and later began finding roles in Hollywood. In 1964, he became 
the first black man to win an Academy Award for best actor. [DOC] [TLE] Sidney Poitier becomes first African American to win best actor Oscar [PAR] Sidney Poitier, second from right, won an Oscar for best actor on April 13, 1964, 
for his role in "Lilies of the Field." Poitier was the first African American to win the
... [DOC] [TLE] Oscar win proved Sidney Poitier was second to none - USA Today [PAR] Feb 25, 2014 ... In 1964, he became the first African-American to win an Academy ... He won for 
his role in Lilies of the Field (he had also been

Question: For his role in "Lilies of the Field", he was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar
Answer: Sidney Poitier