Harry Belafonte, the actor and singer who broke racial barriers and was a prominent...
arry Belafonte, the actor and singer who broke racial barriers and was a prominent civil-rights activist, died Tuesday at his New York home of heart failure, according to theIn 2017, I interviewed Belafonte before his visit to Houston for the Brilliant Lecture Series and H-E-B "An Evening with Harry Belafonte" at Wortham Center. It was one of my greatest career moments.
His voice was raspy and rich, filled with vivid memories of America's storied racial past and his life as an actor and singer. Belafonte was born in Harlem and rose to fame for his Caribbean music with hits like"Day-O .He said in our interview,"I didn't like racial oppression. I didn't like economic oppression. I rebelled against it. In that spirit, that rebellion carried over into all the choices I've made in my life.
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