1 Throughout its first 73 years until March 2002, the Best Actor Oscar had only been won by a black man once-by SIDNEY POITIER for 2  . The Lilies In The Field  in 1963, despite the emergence of strong roles for coloured actors and actresses from the 1960s onwards.
The source or beginning of a river is called the 'headwater'. The beginning of a river is known as the source. The source or beginning of a river is called the 'headwater'. The beginning of a river is known as the source.
The region around the Euphrates river is known as Mesopotamia. This area, where the invention of writing and the wheel occurred, is the cradle of civilization. Mesopotamia eventually became the heartland of the Babylonian and Assyrian world empires.