One thing leads to another. I am watching a conference with Harry Belafonte.
By marguicha
@marguicha (215570)
Chile
March 24, 2021 7:42pm CST
I started with his song at noon, most of which I know by heart.
Now at YouTube, I found a conversation with him.
It was interesting how the critic Henry Louis Gates described him "Radical before it was chic and remained so long after it wasn´t."
I just stopped it long enough to give you the link. This is one of the men I look up to, not only for his wonderful voice or the attractive looks of his youth, but because he has been always a wonderful human being.
See you later. I love YouTube
Harry Belafonte discussed his new memoir My Song with award-winning television host and journalist Liz Walker.* With special sponsorship from Bingham McCutch...
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
25 Mar 21
Very interesting. I wouldn't have thought of him as political or radical; but then you never know!
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@marguicha (215570)
• Chile
25 Mar 21
I don´t know if you saw the movie "Selma". In that movie they said that Belafonte hired a plane to send celebs to help with the cause of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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@marguicha (215570)
• Chile
26 Mar 21
@LindaOHio You could see it on YouTube. It is a semidocumentary film about the march to Selma during the Civil Rights movement of the 60s.
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@RasmaSandra (73538)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 21
Thank for the link I will check it out, I love his songs especially The Banana Boat Song and other calypso numbers
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@marguicha (215570)
• Chile
25 Mar 21
The link about the conversation with Harry Belafonte is more about politics though. For me it is much more interesting. I have been following the long way towards freedom of the African American for around 60 years.
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@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
25 Mar 21
Interesting information. I like some of his music, but I never knew he gave conferences. I will need to listen when I get a chance.
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@marguicha (215570)
• Chile
25 Mar 21
This conversation in the JFK Library has to do also about his role as an activist. He was a close follower of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
