| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Poitier???s first wife Juanita made their Pleasantville estate a meeting place for Civil Rights leaders, becoming hostess to such personalities as Ruby Dee, Clarence Jones, Ossie Davis, John Oliver Killins, and Malcolm X. In 1964, Harry Belafonte convinced a hesitant Poitier to travel with him to the south for Freedom Summer to help to boost the morale of the volunteers.
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