We continue our Juneteenth special with more from Harry Belafonte, the legendary actor, singer and civil rights activist, who died in April at the age of 96. Belafonte last appeared on Democracy Now!

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A celebration of life gets underway Friday night in honor of the late Harry Belafonte on what would have been the actor, singer and activist's 97th birthday. His four children and ...

Sarafina Belafonte performed this week at New York’s Sony Hall with her grandfather, the late singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, very much on her mind. After debuting an original song ...

NEW YORK -- Harry Belafonte's family celebrated the late actor, musician and civil rights activist Friday on what would have been his 97th birthday. He died in April 2023. "Happy birthday, Dad ... We ...

On a freezing cold day, February 15th, 2003, Harry Belafonte, the legendary singer, actor and activist strode onto a stage outside the United Nations in New York City. Rallies against the imminent U.S ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On this episode of Here and Now, we take a closer look at how Tina Turner and Harry Belafonte impacted music and society. Both Turner and Belafonte leave behind adoring fans and ...

While the late Harry Belafonte was featured on the in memoriam montage at the recent 66th annual Grammys, he did not receive a special tribute like Clarence Avant, Tony Bennett, Sinead O’Connor, and ...

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is the author of the books Island People, Names of New York and a forthcoming book on Harry Belafonte, part of Penguin Press' Significations series edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

ATLANTA — Harry Belafonte and the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Inc. announced Friday that they have settled their lawsuit. Belafonte filed a lawsuit against the King Estate last year.

Arrayed behind the twenty-one-year-old Harry Belafonte on the night of his unlikely debut as a singer in January of 1949 was a quartet of modern music greats: Al Haig on piano, Max Roach on drums, ...

I am sitting on Harry ’s bed. There is only one chair in this small hotel room, and Bob Geldof is sitting on it as we watch our host get dressed. I recall the old French proverb “No man is great in ...

I never met Harry Belafonte but for the last three years I’ve thought about him every day. Over those years, I researched and wrote a book on Project Confrontation, the campaign in the spring of 1963 ...