Belafonte
Americannoun
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While Belafonte considered their progress remarkable, he also believed his peers were largely playing by the rules of the entertainment industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Born in Harlem in 1927 and raised partly in Jamaica, Belafonte broke ground early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
As Belafonte later wrote, Poitier told him afterward, half joking, half shaken: “Don’t ever call me again for something like this.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Belafonte recorded an appeal urging Black Americans to support Kennedy.
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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