Harry Belafonte

The Julian Bond Philanthropy Song

Maxim Thorne | Posted 04.03.2012

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Take a moment to enjoy the American philanthropic Julian Bond song for the success that it is. The lessons of his song will have great meaning in the civil rights and social justice movements of today.

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Harry Belafonte: Artist and Activist Still on the March

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Charlie Rose, American Negro Theatre, African National Congress, Arts, Harry Belafonte, Sing Your Song, Sing Your Song Documentary, Harry Belafonte Documentary, Harry Belafonte Activism, Impact News

In the spring of 1956, Harry Belafonte's life took a turn when he received a phone call from Martin Luther King. After spending four hours speaking with King, Belafonte knew "he would be in his service."

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Last Night In New York City: Dance Theatre Of Harlem's 'Vision Gala'

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.29.2012

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At the Dance Theatre of Harlem's "Vision Gala" Tuesday night in New York City, special guest host Soledad O'Brien and the evening's honorary chairpers...

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50 Years of Grammys, Duets II, His Lady Gaga Portrait, Politics & More: A Conversation With Tony Bennett

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.17.2012

This is another great year for Tony Bennett as far as Grammy nominations go, and it's also been 50 years since he won his first Grammy for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco." Time flies.

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Belafonte's Song: A Call to the Youth

Dominique James | Posted 04.30.2012

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Harry Belafonte's book aims to inspire and enlighten, and as I listen, I have no option but to allow him to do so. He works his magic, eyes closed, voice bright.

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Free To Be You And Me

Posted 01.01.2012

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I'm so proud of the work we did on "Free to Be...You and Me." Here are a few of my favorite photos from my time working on Free to Be. My Weekly Ne...

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Do We All Deserve Gold? Setting Kids Up to Fail

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Competition, Children's Self-Esteem, Bill Gates, Child Rearing, Self-Esteem, Kids-Sports, Harry Belafonte, Winning, Raising Children, Achievement, Parents News

Perhaps if we offered the gold, silver and bronze for actual achievements, kids would learn lessons that better served their needs as adults.

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FACE IT: The Kind of Change Only Women Can Make

Michele Willens | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Women in Politics, Women in Activism, Women in the 50s, Harry Belafonte, George Clooney, Female Activism, Women News

We need to remember that when women, in particular, come together, we often have the most impact.

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Why Is Harry Belafonte Frustrated With Black Celebrities?

HuffingtonPost.com | Nicki Gostin | Posted 12.18.2011

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Calypso singer Harry Belafonte became famous for his "Banana Boat" song, but it's his incredible social activism that is truly inspiring. He was bl...

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Famed Singer Falls Asleep On Live TV

Jordan Zakarin | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Harry Belafonte Falls Asleep TV, Harry Belafonte Sleeps, Harry Belafonte Tea Party, Harry Belafonte, Harry Belafonte My Song, Video, Entertainment News

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Kristin Clifford, a publicist and producer for Planned Television Arts, the company facilitating the satellite linkup press tour, to...

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Herman Cain Uses Racially Charged Metaphor

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.11.2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday night on Fox News' "The Sean Hannity Show" that he "left the Democratic plantation," echoing...

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Harry Belafonte: Herman Cain A Bad Apple And False Negro (VIDEO)

Posted 12.11.2011

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The legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte lambasted Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as a "bad apple" and just ...

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Sing Your Song

Lisa Ellis | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Movies, Harry Belafonte Documentary, Civil Rights Movement, Harry Belafonte Sing Your Song, Sing Your Song, Harry Belafonte, Civil Rights, Bv Pop Culture, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Video, Black Voices News

Throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Harry Belafonte shattered boundaries, risked his life and became a voice for humanity. His inspiring and compelling journey is chronicled in HBO's deeply beautiful memoir documentary, Sing Your Song.

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Black Power Mixtape -- The Screen Is Burning

Jack Hidary | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Harlem, Huey Newton, Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, Bobby Seale, Danny Glover, Black Power, 16th Street Church Bombing, Black Power Movement, The-Black-Power-Mixtape-1967-1975, The-Black-Power-Mixtape, Black-Power-Mixtape-Movie, Movies, Video, Black Voices News

Riveting. This collection of interviews, some never seen before of key figures in the Black Power movement, is a new critical document of our country's history.

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Kryptonite's 20th Anniversary: Chatting with Spin Doctors' Chris Barron Plus Keb Mo and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.07.2011

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Legendary Music Man Milt Okun -- Belafonte to John Denver to Placido

Jay Weston | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver, Placido Domingo, Milt Okun, Harry Belafonte, Richard Sparks, Opera, Book Reviews, LA Opera, Los Angeles News

Along the Cherry Lane chronicles Milt Okun's life from his music school teaching days to singing and writing folk songs to working with some of the biggest names in music.

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"Sing Your Song": Harry Belafonte on Art and Politics, Civil Rights and His Critique of President Obama

Democracy Now! | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Sing-Your-Song, Harry Belafonte, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Haiti, Freedom Riders, Politics News

Tonight, PBS airs the documentary Freedom Riders, about the effort of students to end segregation in the South. Harry Belafonte was a supporter of the Freedom Riders, and is now the subject of the documentary Sing Your Song.

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Dog Ears Music: Born In March Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller (With Ray Eberle), Jon Bon Jovi, Desi Arnaz, Gloria Swanson, Rodger Hodgson (Supertramp), George Benson, Danielle Evin, Michael Brecker (the Brecker Brothers), Harry Belafonte, Son House, Chico Marx, Thad Jones (With Mel Lewis), Music, Stephen Sondheim, Paul Whiteman, Flora Purim, mp3s, Frankie Lane (With Jo Stafford), King Pleasure, Shirley Jones (With Jack Cassidy), Willis Alan Ramsey, Phil Ramone, Sarah Vaughan, Leonard Nimoy, Dog Ears, Wes Montgomery, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Entertainment News

This week, we feature songs recorded by Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner, Supertramp, Harry Belafonte, Wes Montgomery, and Bon Jovi.

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In a Mostly Caucasian Oscar Year, a Tribute to Sidney Poitier

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denzel Washington, The Academy Awards, Civil Rights Movement, Gene Wilder, Stanley Kramer, Best Movies on DVD, Spike Lee, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Race, Rod Steiger, Civil Rights, Black History Month, Richard Pryor, Michael Caine, Halle Berry, Shelley Winters, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bill Cosby, Richard Widmark, Thurgood Marshall, Tony Curtis, Entertainment News

There are some celebrities who, by virtue of what they represent and contribute beyond their talent, become something more than simply what their chosen profession would indicate.

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Jazzy Mandarin & The Gate's Wide Open: Conversations With Dianne Reeves and Kurt Elling

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Was, George Duke, Jon Hendricks, Harry Belafonte, John Patitucci, Laurence Hobgood, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Kurt Elling, Tony Bennet, Blue Note, Rosemary Clooney, Motown, Carmen McRae, Good Night and Good Luck, Betty Carter, Michelle Obama, Bruce Lundvall, BIlly Holiday, Erykah Badu, Mark Murphy, George Clooney, Alexander McQueen, The 5th Dimension, Barack Obama, Dianne Reeves, Billy Childs, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Terreon Gully, Sarah Vaughan, King Crimson, Entertainment News

What happens when your elegant entertainer goes off script and speaks mandarin directly to a Chinese delegation in the White House?

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Live From Sundance 2011: Day 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Red State, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, Jeremy Irons, Old Cats, Pedro Peirana, Paul Giamatti, Harry Belafonte, Catfish, The Wire, Kevin Spacy, Reagan, Belgica Castro, Stanley Tucci, Park City, Morgan Spurlick, The Devil's Double, Win Win, Sundance, Kevin Smith, Hobo With a Shotgun, Sundance Film Festival, Margin Call, Chile, Dominic West, Higher Ground, 2011, Tom Mccarthy, The Station Agent, Sebastian Silva, Vera Farmiga, Eugene Jarecki, Zachary Quinto, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, The Black Power Mixtape, Sing Your Song, The Visitor, Entertainment News

On Thursday, the opening day of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, my actual Sundance day began and ended with the opening night screening of Susan Rost...

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Making the Lions Rap: The Transformative Power of Jay-Z

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rap, Hip Hop, Intellectual Hip Hop, Jay-Z, Cornel West, Harry Belafonte, NY Culture, New York News

Jay-Z's music and now his tremendous new book bring us one step closer to feeling what it was like growing up in the project

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John Lennon, Bono, and Belafonte: Lessons in Celebrity Activism

Mark Engler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Effective celebrity activists use their fame to bring attention and credibility to legitimate representatives of social movements. That, in a nutshell, is my standard of celebrity activism done right.

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First Nighter: From Scott Siegel's "Broadway Rising Stars" Some Will Rise, Some Fall, But Which?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emmy Raver-Lampman, American Musical & Dramatic Academy, Tisch School of the Arts, Chicago, Pamela Myers, George Furth, Jennie Harney, Usher, Harry Belafonte, Scott Coulter, Dreamgirls, Town Hall Summer Broadway Festival, Stephen Sondheim, Company, Ellisha Marie Thomas, Ben Harney, Rebecca LaChance, Matt Steele, Erin Gorey, Paris Nix, Scott Siegel, Broadway's Rising Stars, American Idol, Glee, Seal, Entertainment News

There's something intrinsically, irrefutably wonderful about the "Broadway Rising Stars" evening but predicting which of these kids will make it here and, by extrapolation, anywhere is a fool's game.

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Civil Rights Movement Reassembles to Ask: What's Next?

Saul Landau | Posted 05.25.2011

On February 1, 1960, four black students took seats at a lunch counter at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's. The white waitresses ignored th...

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