Belafonte

American  

[bel-uh-fon-tee] / ˌbɛl əˈfɒn ti /

noun

1. Harry Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr., 1927–2023, U.S. singer and actor, noted for popularizing calypso music in the 1950s.

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Example Sentences

America had never seen anything like Harry Belafonte.

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Into that atmosphere of fear and possibility walked Belafonte.

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Born in Harlem in 1927 and raised partly in Jamaica, Belafonte broke ground early.

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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.

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According to Belafonte’s memoir, in 1953, fearing his politics had stalled his career, he met Ed Sullivan at his Park Avenue apartment.

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