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Feb 16, 2017 · 12:08 PM. Airing Sunday, February 19th at 10:30a on BET and Sunday, February 26th at 10a on Centric. FOR TWO DAYS IN OCTOBER, AN UNPRECEDENTED ARRAY OF CELEBRITIES, ACTIVISTS AND ARTISTS GATHERED...
- Belafonte’s Hero and Mentor
- His Friendship with MLK
- Belafonte in His Later Years
Harold George Belafonte Jr. was born March 1, 1927 in New York city to poor Caribbean immigrants. His father worked as a cook on merchant ships and abandoned the family when Belafonte was young. Belafonte also spent some of his boyhood in Jamaica, the former British colony and his mother’s native country, where he witnessed White English authoritie...
Belafonte also built a friendship with King, another a powerful Black leader. King often flew to New York City to raise money for the movement and to meet key advisors. During one trip, he called Belafonte, greeting him with, “We’ve never met, so you may not know who I am.” The two men met at a New York church where King was speaking and retired af...
Being a radical was essential to how Belafonte defined himself. As he got older, his silky singing voice lowered to a gravely whisper and he walked with a cane. But he never lost his movie-star looks or his hunger for radical change. In 2013, he was awarded the NAACP’s highest honor, the Spingarn Medal. He said during his acceptance speech that wha...
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Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN. He was 96. Belafonte...
Apr 25, 2023 · Published Tuesday, April 25, 2023 10:04AM EDT. Last Updated Tuesday, April 25, 2023 3:46PM EDT. NEW YORK (AP) - Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a...
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Apr 25, 2024 · breaking. Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer with a 'rebel heart,' dies at 96. By John Blake and Chloe Melas, CNN. Apr 25, 2023 Updated Oct 29, 2023. Harry Belafonte, the dashing...
Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN. He was 96.
