Belafonte
Americannoun
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Mahalia Jackson died at only 60; at her funeral Belafonte mourned her as “the single most powerful black woman in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Belafonte began singing at downtown nightclubs with a repertoire of Caribbean folk songs adopted from the Greenwich Village music scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Belafonte began psychotherapy, initially with Janet Kennedy, an analyst whose two successive husbands, Stanley Levison and Jay Richard Kennedy would each become significant figures in Belafonte’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Belafonte “often visited Janet Kennedy’s couch in the late afternoon, when their sessions could segue easily into cocktails and dinner” at the Kennedys’ elegant apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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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