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"Dream bigger": Sheryl Lee Ralph is living proof of her "Abbott Elementary" character's wisdom
1 month ago

"Dream bigger": Sheryl Lee Ralph is living proof of her "Abbott Elementary" character's wisdom

Salon  

Entertainment icon and ABC’s "Abbott Elementary" star Sheryl Lee Ralph has a unique opportunity to use her role as Mrs. Howard to both highlight the role education has played in her upbringing and shed a light on our nation's real MVPs, public school teachers. “She's a lifelong learner,” Ralph said of her character Mrs. Howard during our conversation for "Salon …

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The stars who open a doorway to the past
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The stars who open a doorway to the past

Live Mint  

The end of each year comes with many rituals. Harry Belafonte’s Jamaica Farewell was in my DNA as were Anup Ghoshal’s joyous songs from Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne Bagha Bayen films. It’s doubtful that can happen anymore not because there will not be new singers but because our attention is far too fragmented for one song, one singer, one newscaster …

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Hope and loss on Memorial Day: It's been a rough year since Buffalo
1 year, 6 months ago

Hope and loss on Memorial Day: It's been a rough year since Buffalo

Salon  

I believe in the power of dates and remembrances. Although many towns across the United States from Arlington, Va., to Waterloo, N.Y., claim to have held the "original" Memorial Day, the holiday probably had dozens or hundreds of origins and diffused across the country. As Blight wrote, Black Americans who celebrated Memorial Day "converted Confederate ruin into their own festival …

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Opinion: Harry Belafonte and the Birmingham protests that changed America
1 year, 7 months ago

Opinion: Harry Belafonte and the Birmingham protests that changed America

LA Times  

Nonviolent Black student demonstrators were met with fire hoses and dogs in May 1963 during the 10-week Birmingham desegregation campaign organized in part by Martin Luther King Jr. Project Confrontation led to the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King Jr.’s martyrdom and then a new life for his country: Everything from the rise of the Black …

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The Glaring Hole In Joe Biden's Praise Of Harry Belafonte's Life Of Activism
1 year, 7 months ago

The Glaring Hole In Joe Biden's Praise Of Harry Belafonte's Life Of Activism

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed the life of Harry Belafonte, the music legend and civil rights activist who died at the age of 96. “He will be remembered as a great American.” But for all his praise of Belafonte’s fight for justice and human rights, Biden didn’t mention that Belafonte was a strong, decadeslong advocate for …

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Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He was ever engaged and unyielding, willing to take on Southern segregationists, …

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Harry Belafonte passes away: Joe Biden, Barack Obama & others pay tribute to the legendary activist & entertainer
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte passes away: Joe Biden, Barack Obama & others pay tribute to the legendary activist & entertainer

Firstpost  

Reaction poured in Tuesday from heads of state, civil-rights leaders and the entertainment world following the death of Harry Belafonte at age 96. We Have To Celebrate Our Elders While They Are With Us.” — Spike Lee, who directed Belafonte’s final film, 2018′s BlacKkKlansman.” ___ “Another ‘GREAT TREE’ has fallen: Harry Belafonte, a Trailblazer and Hero to us all. If …

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Harry Belafonte mourned by entertainment world, Biden, Obama
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte mourned by entertainment world, Biden, Obama

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Reaction poured in Tuesday from heads of state, civil-rights leaders and the entertainment world following the death of Harry Belafonte at age 96. We Have To Celebrate Our Elders While They Are With Us.” — Spike Lee, who directed Belafonte’s final film, 2018’s BlacKkKlansman.” ___ “Another ‘GREAT TREE’ has fallen: Harry Belafonte, a Trailblazer and Hero to …

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Harry Belafonte’s music made 1988’s ‘Beetlejuice.’ Here’s how it happened
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte’s music made 1988’s ‘Beetlejuice.’ Here’s how it happened

LA Times  

Late entertainer Harry Belafonte once explained why he let director Tim Burton and music mogul David Geffen use his recordings in the 1988 comedy “Beetlejuice.” You can’t have “Beetlejuice” without Harry Belafonte. The oddball feature utilized the King of Calypso’s infectious mid-century tunes — “Jump in the Line,” “Man Smart, Woman Smarter” and “Sweetheart from Venezuela” — to comedic perfection …

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Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was ever engaged and unyielding, willing to take on Southern segregationists, Northern liberals, the billionaire Koch brothers and the country’s first Black president, Barack Obama, whom Belafonte would …

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Harry Belafonte, singer of ‘Jamaican Farewell’, ‘Banana Boat’, dies at 96
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte, singer of ‘Jamaican Farewell’, ‘Banana Boat’, dies at 96

Live Mint  

Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, said Ken Sunshine, of public relations firm Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis. With his …

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Harry Belafonte, singer of Jamaican Farewell, passes away at 96 in New York
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte, singer of Jamaican Farewell, passes away at 96 in New York

India Today  

Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was ever engaged and unyielding, willing to take on Southern segregationists, Northern liberals, the billionaire Koch brothers and the country’s first Black president, Barack Obama, whom Belafonte would remember asking to …

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Hollywood remembers Harry Belafonte as a ‘shining example of how to ... make change’
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood remembers Harry Belafonte as a ‘shining example of how to ... make change’

LA Times  

Actors, musicians, filmmakers, authors and more have gathered on social media to celebrate the life and career of Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday in New York. We Have To Celebrate Our Elders While They Are With Us.” “Another ‘GREAT TREE’ has fallen: Harry Belafonte, a Trailblazer and Hero to us all,” actor and TV host Winfrey wrote. Belafonte was always …

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Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 96
1 year, 7 months ago

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 96

LA Times  

Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96. A 1959 Time magazine cover story called his act “a brilliantly planned and executed combination of artistry and showmanship.” Belafonte’s emergence as a hugely popular entertainer with both Black and white audiences arrived during a post-World War II era when the civil rights movement was just coming into focus …

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Haunted, self-possessed or just spirited: 2022’s Emmy-nominated songs
2 years, 4 months ago

Haunted, self-possessed or just spirited: 2022’s Emmy-nominated songs

LA Times  

The 2022 Emmy nominees for original music and lyrics. “The melodic concept of ‘The Forever Now’ is something that we’ve been sort of teasing along for a while,” says series composer Siddhartha Khosla. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s” songwriting team of Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer is used to getting requests from showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino to tailor songs to a particular …

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Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte ‘made as much mischief as they could’
2 years, 11 months ago

Friends Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte ‘made as much mischief as they could’

LA Times  

It was the 1940s, and Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte were young men working for the American Negro Theatre in Harlem. Actor and singer Harry Belafonte with Sidney Poitier at the New York premiere of director George Stevens’ film, “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” in which Poitier starred, circa 1965. “They became estranged for a few years in the immediate …

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