Harry Belafonte, musician, calypso star, civil rights activist and humanitarian, died at his home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Tuesday morning (4/25). He was 96. From The New York Times obituary: ...

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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 ...

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. He was 96. Questlove, Spike Lee, Tony ...

Harry Belafonte speaks about Paul Robeson and Black culture in music. On September 21, 1998, Harry Belafonte spoke about the intersection of music and race and the influence that Paul Robeson had on ...

We repost below a May 2012 WSWS article (“Harry Belafonte provides an historical insight into the civil rights movement’s decay”), which discusses the political role of the famous actor and singer ...

Harry Belafonte has died at the age of 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, said Paula M. Witt, of public relations firm Sunshine ...

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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 96.

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 ...