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Videos Featuring Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte is a three-time Grammy-winning, Harlem-born, Jamaican-American pop star, lyricist, movie star, and inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His most instrumental role was in the Civil Rights Movement. Belafonte hosted secret meetings with MLK peaceful lieutenants in safe houses. He also recruited Hollywood elites to join the historic March on Washington, which drew mass media attention to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Harry Belafonte is a three-time Grammy-winning, Harlem-born, Jamaican-American pop star, lyricist, movie star, and inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His most instrumental role was in the Civil Rights Movement. Belafonte hosted secret meetings with MLK peaceful lieutenants in safe houses. He also recruited Hollywood elites to join the historic March on Washington, which drew mass media attention to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.