At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Academy_Awards" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="36th Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> becomes the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African-American">African-American</a> man to win the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a> award for the 1963 film <i id="mwyw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilies_of_the_Field_(1963_film)" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lilies of the Field (1963 film)">Lilies of the Field</a></i>.