Tag: JFK
October 10, 2011
Harry Belafonte: America’s first black matinee idol and advocate social change.
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In 1956, Harlem-bred child of Caribbean immigrants Harry Belafonte released the first million-selling LP in history. He was bigger than Elvis. Belafonte used the proceeds from Calypso to bankroll his friend Martin Luther King Jr.’s movement for civil rights. All of this
Posted in: Arts & Culture, Films, Harlem News Tags: Barack Obama, Calypso, Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, HBO, JFK
