Belafonte
Americannoun
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According to Belafonte, King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, called him and he reached out to the Kennedys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Belafonte later recalled that he cautioned King not to directly endorse Kennedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Belafonte later recalled that in the spring of 1956, on the cusp of superstardom, he got call from King.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
And in King, Belafonte found a lifelong calling: the fight for racial justice, economic fairness and voting rights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Harry Belafonte singing “Mary’s Boy Child” drifted in from the living room.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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