[ad_1] Harry Belafonte, a trailblazing Caribbean-American artist, has passed away at the age of 96 due to congestive heart failure, according to his spokesperson. Belafonte […]
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Belafonte is gone, Poitier went before him. They were the titans who uplifted our world | Candace Allen
[ad_1] The ping today of a WhatsApp message and my heart wrenching at the news. Harry Belafonte. Gone. Not that he hadn’t earned his rest […]
Steve McQueen on his hero Harry Belafonte: ‘He had everything – but his service was to his people’
[ad_1] Harry Belafonte was a hero of mine. He meant everything to me. I met him around the release of 12 Years a Slave, and […]
Smash hits to civil rights: Harry Belafonte – a life in pictures
[ad_1] Performing at a benefit for the US civil rights movement in Paris’s Palais des Sports, 1966 Belafonte funded the Freedom Riders and SNCC, activists […]
Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
[ad_1] He stands as the model and the epitome of the celebrity activist. Few kept up with Belafonte’s time and commitment and none his stature […]
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96
[ad_1] Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor and civil rights activist who broke down racial barriers, has died aged 96. As well as performing global hits […]