Research Catalog
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harry Belafonte.
- Title
- The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harry Belafonte.
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Actor, civil rights activist, and singer Harry Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in Harlem, New York City. After dropping out of high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. Returning to New York, he worked odd jobs before auditioning for the American Negro Theatre, earning his first leading role in Juno and the Paycock. In 1953, Belafonte made his film debut in Bright Road. Belafonte also developed his singing talents, and his third record, Calypso, became the first in history to sell over 1 million copies. In the 1950s, Belafonte developed a strong relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., working to mobilize the arts community to support civil rights activists. In 1985, Belafonte mobilized global artists to raise awareness about the famine, war and drought sweeping Africa. Belafonte later served as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador; and, in 2012, published his autobiography, My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Harry Belafonte
- Harry Belafonte
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, WTTW.
- OCLC
- 994208946
- Title
- The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harry Belafonte.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States. naf
- Playing Time
- 010000
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- computer
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file
- Performer
- Danny Glover, interviewer.
- Credits
- Videographer, WTTW.
- Event
- Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 November 2.
- Source of description
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Civil Rights Activist Actor Singer.
- Added Author
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, interviewee.Glover, Danny, interviewer.WTTW, director of photography.HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.