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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, 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, passes away at 96 in New York
1 year, 8 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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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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