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Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.
Apr 25, 2023 · Actor, singer, and activist Harry Belafonte achieved lasting fame for songs such as “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O),” as well as for his humanitarian work.
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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.
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He was born Harold George Belafonte in Harlem, N.Y., on March 1, 1927, the son of a Jamaican housekeeper and a chef who worked in the Royal Navy. He spent part of his childhood in Jamaica, but returned to New York to attend high school. Belafonte joined the U.S. navy during the Second World War, and when he returned he began acting classes at Erwin...
He became TV's first Black producer for Tonight with Harry Belafonte. In a 1969 interview with the CBC, he said he established his own production company so he could bring the kinds of films and TV shows he thought were worth doing to the screen. "I find no great pleasure in being an administrator, but I found that when I could not do as I wanted t...
Belafonte befriended King in the spring of 1956 after the young civil rights leader called and asked for a meeting. They spoke for hours, and Belafonte would remember feeling King raised him to the "higher plane of social protest." Then at the peak of his singing career, Belafonte was soon producing a benefit concert for the bus boycott in Montgome...
The American singer, actor and social activist known as the King of Calypso died of congestive heart failure in New York. He popularized Caribbean music, challenged racial stereotypes and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a dynamic force in the...
May 28, 2024 · Harry Belafonte, American singer, actor, and activist who was a key figure in the folk music scene of the 1950s, especially known for popularizing the Caribbean folk songs known as calypsos. He was also involved in various social causes, notably the civil rights movement.
