REMOVES REFERENCE TO THE BAHAMAS – FILE – President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier on, Aug. 12, 2009. Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. He was 94. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)