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Singer Harry Belafonte speaks during a press junket at The Bing Decision Maker Series with the “Sing Your Song” Cast and Filmmakers on January 22, 2011, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Bing) *Trailblazing artist and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has passed away at age 96.  Reps for the musician […]

*EURweb sat down with executive producer, Joy Reid and director of “The Sit-In,” Yoruba Richen, to discuss the untold Hollywood story of Harry Belafonte making history… a widely unknown and unprecedented story of a very popular black entertainer, sitting in for Johnny Carson, as host of “The Tonight Show” circa 1968, within the heights of […]

Our Roots – Harry Belafonte – 2023 *News recently broke out that the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, Harry Belafonte, had died. This was a day before I traveled to South Africa, and whilst there I went through my OUR ROOTS archives to update the Harry Belafonte feature strip I […]

*Two generations of singers. One common topic. That was the thread uniting Usher and Harry Belafonte during an hour-long discussion on activism over the weekend at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Moderated by Soledad O’Brien, the conversation between the 37-year-old “I Don’t Mind” hitmaker and the 88-year-old music veteran/activist included mutual respect expressed as […]

Spike Lee (L) and Harry Belafonte (Getty Images) *Famed actor and activist Harry Belafonte turned 91 on March 1, and Spike Lee made sure the stage and screen legend had a fitting celebration. The pair and their wives, Tonya Lewis Lee and Pamela Frank, had dinner with friends and family at New York’s new uptown […]

[…] to learn how to mimic their accent and eliminate his own. He later returned for an audition, landing his first role in 1946 as the understudy to Harry Belafonte in “Days of Our Youth.” He and Belafonte would go on to be lifelong friends. Getty Images Poitier’s first leading role was controversial Through the experiences […]

[…] the Library’s vast recorded-sound collection of nearly 3 million items. Other recordings, which span from 1911 through 1996, include “If I Didn’t Care” by the Ink Spots, Harry Belafonte’s 1956 album “Calypso,” “How I Got Over” by Clara Ward and the Ward Singers and the single “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” by Gloria Estefan and […]

*Peacock announced a robust original film slate launching in September. ANTHONY will premiere on Friday, Sept. 4, and THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW and BLACK BOYS will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 10. Additionally, the critically acclaimed documentary A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING and Emilio Estevez’s THE PUBLIC will begin streaming exclusively on Peacock […]

*In October 2016, legendary humanitarian and EGOT  Harry Belafonte launched America’s largest music and arts festival “Many Rivers to Cross”, providing entertainers and community leaders a platform to champion social justice. BET News is bringing you the story behind the powerful and inspiring musical celebration “Rebel Hearts: Harry Belafonte and Friends.”  Hosted by Marc Lamont Hill, the one-hour special […]

[…] Wall: Tequila Rain Mel B and ex-nanny Mel B also claims in her divorce papers that she only learned Stephen was NOT the son of famed singer Harry Belafonte like he claimed until after they were married in 2007. An excerpt from Mel’s divorce filing reads: ”Respondent’s name is Stephan Stansbury, but he often goes […]

[…] would “remove the requirement that a qualifying child has to be younger than 6 years of age as of the last day of the taxable year.” Singer Harry Belafonte speaks during a press junket at The Bing Decision Maker Series with the “Sing Your Song” Cast and Filmmakers on January 22, 2011, in Park City, […]

In Telephone Townhall Hosted by the National Cares Mentoring on May 13 from 7-8pm Eastern, Legendary Entertainer Suggests How We Can Support Our Young Harry Belafonte to receive Shared Interest distinguished Lifetime of Social Justice & Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy Shared Interest) *New York, NY  – Community leaders and change agents are invited to participate […]

Harry Belafonte – Getty Images *Harry Belafonte released a statement after a senior aide to Donald Trump posted a doctored video that made it look like Joe Biden was catching a nap when a local news anchor attempted to interview him via satellite. The video was In fact from 2011, when Belafonte was doing a series of press junket […]

[…] Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Gone with the Wind (1939). Since this breakthrough moment, nearly every category has seen history-defining moments for Black artists. Remembering Harry Belafonte – via Academy Museum Remembering Harry Belafonte: Buck and the Preacher | Feb 24 Screening of Buck and the Preacher with Shari Belafonte as guest speaker […]

[…] and self awareness,” CNUS co-founder, Divine Pryor, who met Glover in 2010 at an 1199 SEIU meeting attended by a group of national thought leaders convened by Harry Belafonte, states. “He has constantly met each of life’s challenges with courage, bravery and integrity. He is among a small group of celebrities deserving of the ‘Human […]