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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Can’t Find My Words – RIP Civil Rights Icon & Monster Talent EGOT Harry Belafonte

 


Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones


Gutted

:-(  ♥

 

I think maybe sometimes we expect our lights, our icons, to always be with us

 

The last film appearance I remember Mr. Belafonte making was in BlacKKKlansman, with John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Laura Harrier, directed by Spike Lee


BlacKKKlansman  - Harry Belafonte Explains “Birth of a Nation”





 

 

Joan Walsh and Joy Reid produced a short piece for MSNBC illustrating Mr. Belafonte’s presence and impact and rights embodiment centering around the event of his guest hosting of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show – the lead-up, the period of the event itself, the aftermath, how people experienced it.  Because we won’t get past the struggle of white supremacist pushback until all U.S. citizens have full citizen’s rights, all still timely and not just for the pure art.

 

Each worth a half hour of your time when you can find it, with stunning photography

 

Harry Belafonte Guest Hosts the Tonight Show



Yoruba Richen, Joan Walsh, & Joy Reid Talk ‘The Sit-In’



Harry Belafonte, Culture, and Paul Robeson



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