Wait… Sidney Poitier was tone-deaf?! 😱 Most people remember the classic scene in "Lilies of the Field," but the voice singing "Amen" wasn’t Sidney—it was THIS man, Jester Hairston. ​From the grandson of slaves to the "Amen" sitcom star, Jester Hairston is the unsung genius of Black Hollywood. ✨ He wrote the song "Amen." ✨ He wrote the Christmas classic "Mary’s Boy Child." ✨ He preserved the history of Negro Spirituals when Hollywood wanted to forget them. ​Give this man his flowers! 💐 Did you

The actor Sir Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94. This is his speech at the Oscars in 1964, when he became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. | Channel 4 News