Belafonte is remembered for breaking ground as a Black leading man, and speaking out against injustice Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting “Day O” in his 1950s hit song “Banana Boat” before turning to political activism, has died at the age of 96, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, April 25. As a Black leading man who explored racial themes in 1950s movies, Belafonte would later move on to working with his friend Martin Luther King Jr. during the US civil rights movement in the early 1960s. He became the driving...
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