decades including carmon jones in 1954, one of the first films with an all-black cast with box office success. his 1957 movie island in the sun was banned in several southern cities due to the film s interracial romance plot. off the stage, belafonte was known for his deep dedication to the civil rights movement and close friends with the reverend martin luther king jr. belafonte helped plan the 1963 march on washington and later out spoken opponent of apartheid in south africa. he came up with the idea of this hit song . we are the world, brought together many singers, raised more than $63 million for famine relief in ethiopia and other parts of africa. tonight the son of harlem is being memorialized at the famous apollo theater. harry belafonte was 96 years old. cnn primetime with michael smerconish starts now.
An anthology of his music was released to mark Belafonte's 90th birthday on March 1, 2017. A few weeks before the launch, Belafonte told Rolling Stone magazine that singing was a way for him to express injustices in the world. "It gave me a chance to make political commentary, to make social statements, to talk about things that I found that were unpleasant - and things that I
album starring more than ten movies over five decades, including carmen, john s 1954 years which is one of the first film with an all-black cast at all box success. it is 1957 movie, island in the sun was banned in several southern cities with the kkk threat to the movie theater due to the film interracial romance plot. off the stage, belafonte was known for his deep dedication for the civil rights movement, his close friends with the reverent, martin luther king junior. he applied the 1963 march on washington. and later he was now spoken of the important in south africa and he came up with the idea for this 1985 hit song. we are the world, brought together with the singer more than $63 million for families in ethiopia, another parts of africa. tonight, the son of harlem is being memorialized at the famous apollo theater. harry belafonte, at 96 years
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