LC control no. | n 84028909 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML420.B32 Biography |
Personal name heading | Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 |
Variant(s) | Belafonte, Harold George, 1927-2023 Bell, Raymond, 1927-2023 |
Biography/History note | Individual was a Spingarn Medal awardee and a Tony awardee. |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | Jamaica |
Birth date | 1927-03-01 |
Death date | 2023-04-25 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
Affiliation | United States. Navy New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) Radio Corporation of America Peace Corps (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Entertainers Singers Actors Civil rights workers |
Found in | His Loving you is where I belong [SR] p1981: label (Harry Belafonte) LC data base, 6/8/84 (hdg.: Belafonte, Harry, 1927-) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Belafonte, Harry, 1927- ; full name: Harold George Belafonte; pseud.: Raymond Bell) New Grove, 2nd ed. (Belafonte, Harry (Harold George); b. Mar. 1, 1927, New York; American popular singer, songwriter, actor and social activist) African American National Biography, accessed April 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Belafonte, Harry; Harold George Belafonte Jr.; popular singer, civil rights activist, humanitarian; born 01 March 1927 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States; attended school in Harlem; enlisted in the U.S. Navy; enrolled in a workshop at the New School for Social Research; worked as janitor's assistant to help pay the bills; volunteered backstage at the ANT; began to turn his attention toward music; success came quickly, with sell-out crowds at big-name clubs and a recording contract from RCA; after Brown v. Board of Education declared segregation unconstitutional, he cancelled his engagements in the South (1954); Harry Belafonte-Calypso proved an instant classic, and two songs in particular, “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” and "Jamaica Farewell," topped the charts; took roles in films and plays, including John Murray Anderson's Broadway revue Almanac, which earned him a Tony Award; lent his name and energy to the cause of Martin Luther King; joined the board of directors of King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference; was a cultural adviser to the Peace Corps (1961); the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa consumed him in the 1980s; was the driving force behind “We Are the World”; his most ambitious musical project the Anthology of Negro Folk Music and The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music were nominated for a Grammy Award for best historical album; was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American) New York Times WWW site, April 25, 2023 (Harry Belafonte; d. Tuesday [April 25, 2023], Manhattan;) <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/music/harry-belafonte-dead.html> |
Associated language | eng |