To speak out against an unjust war was treasonous; to speak against the treatment of blacks made you a communist. But if you feel in your heart that you have a responsibility to advance justice and human rights, then do it.

About Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte ( BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a...

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