The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”

The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”
Wikipedia says, “Dorothy “Dottie” Peoples (b. August 12, 1950) is an American gospel singer from Dayton, Ohio. After completing high school, she toured with gospel pioneer Dorothy Norwood, a member of the Caravans. After a stint in jazz, she relocated to Atlanta in 1979[1] and returned to her gospel roots. She has been dubbed “Songbird of the South.”
Her Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRgvYgOJK6g
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