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<p>Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).</p>
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Belafonte was an early supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush presidential administrations. Belafonte acts as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues.</p>
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Belafonte has won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards.</p>
<p>Belafonte was born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. at Lying-in Hospital on March 1, 1927, in Harlem, New York, the son of Melvine (née Love), a housekeeper, and Harold George Bellanfanti Sr., who worked as a chef. His mother was born in Jamaica, the child of a Scottish Jamaican mother and an Afro-Jamaican father. His father also was born in Jamaica, the child of a black mother and Dutch Jewish father of Sephardi origins. Harry, Jr. was raised Catholic.</p>
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Belafonte has described his grandfather, whom he never met, as "a white Dutch Jew who drifted over to the islands after chasing gold and diamonds, with no luck at all". From 1932 to 1940, he lived with one of his grandmothers in her native country of Jamaica, where he attended Wolmer's Schools. When he returned to New York City, he attended George Washington High School after which he joined the Navy and served during World War II. In the 1940s, he was working as a janitor's assistant in NYC when a tenant gave him, as a gratuity, two tickets to see the American Negro Theater. He fell in love with the art form and also met Sidney Poitier. The financially struggling pair regularly purchased a single seat to local plays, trading places in between acts, after informing the other about the progression of the play. At the end of the 1940s, he took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator alongside Marlon Brando, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Bea Arthur, and Sidney Poitier, while performing with the American Negro Theatre. He subsequently received a Tony Award for his participation in the Broadway revue John Murray Anderson's Almanac.</p>
<p>Belafonte started his career in music as a club singer in New York to pay for his acting classes. The first time he appeared in front of an audience, he was backed by the Charlie Parker band, which included Charlie Parker himself, Max Roach and Miles Davis, among others. At first, he was a pop singer, launching his recording career on the Roost label in 1949, but later he developed a keen interest in folk music, learning material through the Library of Congress' American folk songs archives. With guitarist and friend Millard Thomas, Belafonte soon made his debut at the legendary jazz club The Village Vanguard. In 1953, he signed a contract with RCA Victor, recording regularly for the label until 1974.</p>
<p>Belafonte also performed during the rat pack era in Las Vegas. He and associated acts such as Liberace, Ray Vasquez, and Sammy Davis Jr. were featured at the Sands Hotel and Casino and the Dunes (hotel and casino).</p>
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Belafonte's first widely released single, which went on to become his "signature" audience participation song in virtually all his live performances, was "Matilda", recorded April 27, 1953. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) became the first LP in the world "to sell over 1 million copies within a year", Belafonte confirmed on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Link program on August 7, 2012. He added that it was also the first million-selling album ever in England. The album is number four on Billboard's "Top 100 Album" list for having spent 31 weeks at number 1, 58 weeks in the top ten, and 99 weeks on the U.S. charts. The album introduced American audiences to calypso music (which had originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 20th century), and Belafonte was dubbed the "King of Calypso", a title he wore with reservations since he had no claims to any Calypso Monarch titles.</p>
<p>One of the songs included in the album is the now famous "Banana Boat Song" (listed as "Day-O" on the Calypso LP), which reached number five on the pop charts, and featured its signature lyric "Day-O".</p>
<p>
While primarily known for calypso, Belafonte has recorded in many different genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. His second-most popular hit, which came immediately after "The Banana Boat Song", was the comedic tune "Mama Look at Bubu", also known as "Mama Look a Boo-Boo" (originally recorded by Lord Melody in 1955), in which he sings humorously about misbehaving and disrespectful children. It reached number eleven on the pop chart.</p>
<p>In 1959, he starred in Tonight With Belafonte, a nationally televised special that featured Odetta, who sang "Water Boy" and who performed a duet with Belafonte of "There's a Hole in My Bucket" that hit the national charts in 1961. Belafonte was the first Jamaican American to win an Emmy, for Revlon Revue: Tonight with Belafonte (1959). Two live albums, both recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1959 and 1960, enjoyed critical and commercial success. From his 1959 album, "Hava Nagila" became part of his regular routine and one of his signature songs. He was one of many entertainers recruited by Frank Sinatra to perform at the inaugural gala of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Later that year, RCA Victor released another calypso album, Jump Up Calypso, which went on to become another million seller. During the 1960s he introduced several artists to American audiences, most notably South African singer Miriam Makeba and Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. His album Midnight Special (1962) included a young harmonica player named Bob Dylan.</p>
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During the 1960s, Belafonte appeared on TV specials alongside such artists as Julie Andrews, Petula Clark, Lena Horne, and Nana Mouskouri. In 1967, Belafonte was the first non-classical artist to perform at the prestigious Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Upstate New York, soon to be followed by concerts there by The Doors, The 5th Dimension, The Who, and Janis Joplin.</p>
<p>Belafonte's fifth and final calypso album, Calypso Carnival was issued by RCA in 1971. Belafonte's recording activity slowed considerably after releasing his final album for RCA in 1974. From the mid-1970s to early 1980s, Belafonte spent the greater part of his time on tour, which included concerts in Japan, Europe, and Cuba. In 1977, Columbia Records released the album Turn the World Around, with a strong focus on world music. Columbia never issued the album in the United States. He subsequently was a guest star on a memorable episode of The Muppet Show in 1978, in which he performed his signature song "Day-O". However, the episode is best known for Belafonte's rendition of the spiritual song "Turn the World Around", from the album of the same name, which he performed with specially made Muppets that resembled African tribal masks. It became one of the series' most famous performances and was reportedly Jim Henson's favorite episode. After Henson's death in May 1990, Belafonte was asked to perform the song at Henson's memorial service. "Turn the World Around" was also included in the 2005 official hymnal supplement of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Singing the Journey.</p>
<p>His involvement in USA for Africa during the mid-1980s resulted in renewed interest in his music, culminating in a record deal with EMI. He subsequently released his first album of original material in over a decade, Paradise in Gazankulu, in 1988. The album contains ten protest songs against the South African former Apartheid policy and is his last studio album. In the same year Belafonte, as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, attended a symposium in Harare, Zimbabwe, to focus attention on child survival and development in Southern African countries. As part of the symposium, he performed a concert for UNICEF. A Kodak video crew filmed the concert, which was released as a 60-minute concert video titled "Global Carnival". It features many of the songs from the album Paradise in Gazankulu and some of his classic hits. Also in 1988, Tim Burton used "The Banana Boat Song" and "Jump in the Line" in his movie Beetlejuice.</p>
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Belafonte received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1989. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994 and he won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He performed sold-out concerts globally through the 1950s to the 2000s. Owing to illness, he was forced to cancel a reunion tour with Nana Mouskouri planned for the spring and summer of 2003 following a tour in Europe. His last concert was a benefit concert for the Atlanta Opera on October 25, 2003. In a 2007 interview, he stated that he had since retired from performing.</p>
<p>On January 29, 2013, Belafonte was the Keynote Speaker and 2013 Honoree for the MLK Celebration Series at the Rhode Island School of Design. Belafonte used his career and experiences with Dr. King to speak on the role of artists as activists. Belafonte was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity on January 11, 2014. In March 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in Boston.</p>
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Belafonte has starred in several films. His first film role was in Bright Road (1953), in which he appeared alongside Dorothy Dandridge. The two subsequently starred in Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954). Ironically, Belafonte's singing in the film was dubbed by an opera singer, as Belafonte's own singing voice was seen as unsuitable for the role. Using his star clout, Belafonte was subsequently able to realize several then-controversial film roles. In 1957's Island in the Sun, there are hints of an affair between Belafonte's character and the character played by Joan Fontaine. The film also starred James Mason, Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, and John Justin. In 1959, he starred in and produced, through his company HarBel Productions, Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow, in which he plays a bank robber uncomfortably teamed with a racist partner (Robert Ryan). He also co-starred with Inger Stevens in The World, the Flesh and the Devil. Belafonte was offered the role of Porgy in Preminger's Porgy and Bess, where he would have once again starred opposite Dandridge, but he refused the role because he objected to its racial stereotyping.</p>
<p>Belafonte and Marguerite Byrd were married from 1948 to 1957. They have two daughters: Adrienne and Shari. Adrienne and her daughter Rachel Blue founded the Anir Foundation / Experience, focused on humanitarian work in southern Africa. Shari is a photographer, model, singer, and actress and is married to actor Sam Behrens.</p><p>
On March 8, 1957, Belafonte married his second wife Julie Robinson, a former dancer with the Katherine Dunham Company who was of Jewish descent. They had two children, David and Gina. David, the only son of Harry Belafonte, is a former model and actor and is an Emmy-winning and Grammy nominated music producer and the executive director of the family-held company Belafonte Enterprises Inc. As a music producer, David has been involved in most of Belafonte's albums and tours and productions. He is married to model and singer Malena Belafonte who toured with Belafonte. Gina Belafonte is a TV and film actress and worked with her father as coach and producer on more than six films.</p>
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After 47 years of marriage, Belafonte and Robinson divorced. In April 2008, Belafonte married photographer Pamela Frank.</p>
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Belafonte has five grandchildren, Rachel and Brian through his children with Marguerite Byrd, and Maria, Sarafina, and Amadeus through his children with Julie Robinson. In October 1998, Belafonte contributed a letter to Liv Ullmann's book Letter to My Grandchild.</p>
<p>Belafonte's political beliefs were greatly inspired by the singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, who mentored him. Robeson opposed not only racial prejudice in the United States but also western colonialism in Africa. He refused to perform in the American South from 1954 until 1961. In 1960, he appeared in a campaign commercial for Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. Kennedy later named Belafonte cultural advisor to the Peace Corps.</p>
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Belafonte gave the keynote address at the ACLU of Northern California's annual Bill of Rights Day Celebration In December 2007 and was awarded the Chief Justice Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival featured the documentary film Sing Your Song, a biographical film focusing on Belafonte's contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and his endeavors to promote social justice globally. In 2011, Belafonte's memoir My Song was published by Knopf Books.</p>
<p>Belafonte supported the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s confidants. He provided for King's family since King made only $8,000 a year as a preacher. Like many other civil rights activists, Belafonte was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. During the 1963 Birmingham Campaign, he bailed King out of Birmingham City Jail and raised $50,000 to release other civil rights protesters. He financed the 1961 Freedom Rides, supported voter registration drives, and helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington.</p>
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During the "Mississippi Freedom Summer" of 1964, Belafonte bankrolled the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, flying to Mississippi that August with Sidney Poitier and $60,000 in cash and entertaining crowds in Greenwood. In 1968, Belafonte appeared on a Petula Clark primetime television special on NBC. In the middle of a duet of On the Path of Glory, Clark smiled and briefly touched Belafonte's arm, which prompted complaints from Doyle Lott, the advertising manager of the show's sponsor, Plymouth Motors. Lott wanted to retape the segment, but Clark, who had ownership of the special, told NBC that the performance would be shown intact or she would not allow it to be aired at all. Newspapers reported the controversy, Lott was relieved of his responsibilities, and when the special aired, it attracted high ratings. Belafonte appeared on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on September 29, 1968, performing a controversial "Mardi Gras" number intercut with footage from the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots. CBS censors deleted the segment. The full unedited content were broadcast in 1993 as part of a complete Smothers Brothers Hour syndication package.
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In 1985, he helped organize the Grammy Award-winning song "We Are the World", a multi-artist effort to raise funds for Africa. He performed in the Live Aid concert that same year. In 1987, he received an appointment to UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador. Following his appointment, Belafonte traveled to Dakar, Senegal, where he served as chairman of the International Symposium of Artists and Intellectuals for African Children. He also helped to raise funds—alongside more than 20 other artists—in the largest concert ever held in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1994, he went on a mission to Rwanda and launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the needs of Rwandan children.
In 2001, he went to South Africa to support the campaign against HIV/AIDS. In 2002, Africare awarded him the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award for his efforts to assist Africa. In 2004, Belafonte went to Kenya to stress the importance of educating children in the region.</p>
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Belafonte has been involved in prostate cancer advocacy since 1996, when he was diagnosed and successfully treated for the disease. On June 27, 2006, Belafonte was the recipient of the BET Humanitarian Award at the 2006 BET Awards. He was named one of nine 2006 Impact Award recipients by AARP The Magazine. On October 19, 2007, Belafonte represented UNICEF on Norwegian television to support the annual telethon (TV Aksjonen) in support of that charity and helped raise a world record of $10 per inhabitant of Norway. Belafonte was also an ambassador for the Bahamas. He is on the board of directors of the Advancement Project. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.</p>
<p>On April 25, 2023, Belafonte died from congestive heart failure at home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at age 96.</p>
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Born to immigrant parents in Harlem on March 1, 1927, Harry Belafonte spent much of his youth in his mother's home country of Jamaica. Though difficult, life in Jamaica was full of rich cultural experiences that influenced Belafonte's art.
At the beginning of World War II, Belafonte returned to Harlem with his mother and brother. He had trouble integrating into the new environment and later dropped out of high school to join the U.S. Navy. After Belafonte was honorably discharged, he went back to New York, where he worked odd jobs until two free tickets to the American Negro Theatre (A.N.T.) changed his life.
Belafonte auditioned for the A.N.T. and earned his first leading role in Juno and the Paycock. In 1953, he made his film debut opposite Dorothy Dandridge in Bright Road. He won a Tony in 1954 for his performance in Almanac. At the same time, Belafonte developed his singing talents, having parlayed a series of nightclub performances into a record contract. His third album, Calypso, topped the charts for thirty-one consecutive weeks and was the first record to sell more than 1 million copies. Belafonte also secured a television outlet with his hour-long special, Tonight with Belafonte, which won him an Emmy. He became the first African American TV producer and his company, HarBel, went on to produce one Emmy nominee after another.
In the early 1950s, Belafonte developed a strong relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Belafonte worked tirelessly to mobilize artists in support of the civil rights movement. In 1985, he again rallied the global artistic community to raise awareness of the famines, wars and droughts plaguing many African nations. USA for Africa raised more than $60 million for this cause with "We Are the World" and Hands Across America. A longtime anti-apartheid activist, Belafonte hosted former South African President Nelson Mandela on his triumphant visit to the United States. Belafonte has maintained his commitment to service as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
On April 25, 2023, Belafonte died from congestive heart failure at home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at age 96.
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<p>Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).</p> <p> Belafonte was an early supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush presidential administrations. Belafonte acts as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues.</p> <p> Belafonte has won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards.</p> <p>Belafonte was born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. at Lying-in Hospital on March 1, 1927, in Harlem, New York, the son of Melvine (née Love), a housekeeper, and Harold George Bellanfanti Sr., who worked as a chef. His mother was born in Jamaica, the child of a Scottish Jamaican mother and an Afro-Jamaican father. His father also was born in Jamaica, the child of a black mother and Dutch Jewish father of Sephardi origins. Harry, Jr. was raised Catholic.</p> <p> Belafonte has described his grandfather, whom he never met, as "a white Dutch Jew who drifted over to the islands after chasing gold and diamonds, with no luck at all". From 1932 to 1940, he lived with one of his grandmothers in her native country of Jamaica, where he attended Wolmer's Schools. When he returned to New York City, he attended George Washington High School after which he joined the Navy and served during World War II. In the 1940s, he was working as a janitor's assistant in NYC when a tenant gave him, as a gratuity, two tickets to see the American Negro Theater. He fell in love with the art form and also met Sidney Poitier. The financially struggling pair regularly purchased a single seat to local plays, trading places in between acts, after informing the other about the progression of the play. At the end of the 1940s, he took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator alongside Marlon Brando, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Bea Arthur, and Sidney Poitier, while performing with the American Negro Theatre. He subsequently received a Tony Award for his participation in the Broadway revue John Murray Anderson's Almanac.</p> <p>Belafonte started his career in music as a club singer in New York to pay for his acting classes. The first time he appeared in front of an audience, he was backed by the Charlie Parker band, which included Charlie Parker himself, Max Roach and Miles Davis, among others. At first, he was a pop singer, launching his recording career on the Roost label in 1949, but later he developed a keen interest in folk music, learning material through the Library of Congress' American folk songs archives. With guitarist and friend Millard Thomas, Belafonte soon made his debut at the legendary jazz club The Village Vanguard. In 1953, he signed a contract with RCA Victor, recording regularly for the label until 1974.</p> <p>Belafonte also performed during the rat pack era in Las Vegas. He and associated acts such as Liberace, Ray Vasquez, and Sammy Davis Jr. were featured at the Sands Hotel and Casino and the Dunes (hotel and casino).</p> <p> Belafonte's first widely released single, which went on to become his "signature" audience participation song in virtually all his live performances, was "Matilda", recorded April 27, 1953. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) became the first LP in the world "to sell over 1 million copies within a year", Belafonte confirmed on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Link program on August 7, 2012. He added that it was also the first million-selling album ever in England. The album is number four on Billboard's "Top 100 Album" list for having spent 31 weeks at number 1, 58 weeks in the top ten, and 99 weeks on the U.S. charts. The album introduced American audiences to calypso music (which had originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 20th century), and Belafonte was dubbed the "King of Calypso", a title he wore with reservations since he had no claims to any Calypso Monarch titles.</p> <p>One of the songs included in the album is the now famous "Banana Boat Song" (listed as "Day-O" on the Calypso LP), which reached number five on the pop charts, and featured its signature lyric "Day-O".</p> <p> While primarily known for calypso, Belafonte has recorded in many different genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. His second-most popular hit, which came immediately after "The Banana Boat Song", was the comedic tune "Mama Look at Bubu", also known as "Mama Look a Boo-Boo" (originally recorded by Lord Melody in 1955), in which he sings humorously about misbehaving and disrespectful children. It reached number eleven on the pop chart.</p> <p>In 1959, he starred in Tonight With Belafonte, a nationally televised special that featured Odetta, who sang "Water Boy" and who performed a duet with Belafonte of "There's a Hole in My Bucket" that hit the national charts in 1961. Belafonte was the first Jamaican American to win an Emmy, for Revlon Revue: Tonight with Belafonte (1959). Two live albums, both recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1959 and 1960, enjoyed critical and commercial success. From his 1959 album, "Hava Nagila" became part of his regular routine and one of his signature songs. He was one of many entertainers recruited by Frank Sinatra to perform at the inaugural gala of President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Later that year, RCA Victor released another calypso album, Jump Up Calypso, which went on to become another million seller. During the 1960s he introduced several artists to American audiences, most notably South African singer Miriam Makeba and Greek singer Nana Mouskouri. His album Midnight Special (1962) included a young harmonica player named Bob Dylan.</p> <p> During the 1960s, Belafonte appeared on TV specials alongside such artists as Julie Andrews, Petula Clark, Lena Horne, and Nana Mouskouri. In 1967, Belafonte was the first non-classical artist to perform at the prestigious Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Upstate New York, soon to be followed by concerts there by The Doors, The 5th Dimension, The Who, and Janis Joplin.</p> <p>Belafonte's fifth and final calypso album, Calypso Carnival was issued by RCA in 1971. Belafonte's recording activity slowed considerably after releasing his final album for RCA in 1974. From the mid-1970s to early 1980s, Belafonte spent the greater part of his time on tour, which included concerts in Japan, Europe, and Cuba. In 1977, Columbia Records released the album Turn the World Around, with a strong focus on world music. Columbia never issued the album in the United States. He subsequently was a guest star on a memorable episode of The Muppet Show in 1978, in which he performed his signature song "Day-O". However, the episode is best known for Belafonte's rendition of the spiritual song "Turn the World Around", from the album of the same name, which he performed with specially made Muppets that resembled African tribal masks. It became one of the series' most famous performances and was reportedly Jim Henson's favorite episode. After Henson's death in May 1990, Belafonte was asked to perform the song at Henson's memorial service. "Turn the World Around" was also included in the 2005 official hymnal supplement of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Singing the Journey.</p> <p>His involvement in USA for Africa during the mid-1980s resulted in renewed interest in his music, culminating in a record deal with EMI. He subsequently released his first album of original material in over a decade, Paradise in Gazankulu, in 1988. The album contains ten protest songs against the South African former Apartheid policy and is his last studio album. In the same year Belafonte, as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, attended a symposium in Harare, Zimbabwe, to focus attention on child survival and development in Southern African countries. As part of the symposium, he performed a concert for UNICEF. A Kodak video crew filmed the concert, which was released as a 60-minute concert video titled "Global Carnival". It features many of the songs from the album Paradise in Gazankulu and some of his classic hits. Also in 1988, Tim Burton used "The Banana Boat Song" and "Jump in the Line" in his movie Beetlejuice.</p> <p> Belafonte received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1989. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994 and he won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He performed sold-out concerts globally through the 1950s to the 2000s. Owing to illness, he was forced to cancel a reunion tour with Nana Mouskouri planned for the spring and summer of 2003 following a tour in Europe. His last concert was a benefit concert for the Atlanta Opera on October 25, 2003. In a 2007 interview, he stated that he had since retired from performing.</p> <p>On January 29, 2013, Belafonte was the Keynote Speaker and 2013 Honoree for the MLK Celebration Series at the Rhode Island School of Design. Belafonte used his career and experiences with Dr. King to speak on the role of artists as activists. Belafonte was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity on January 11, 2014. In March 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in Boston.</p> <p> Belafonte has starred in several films. His first film role was in Bright Road (1953), in which he appeared alongside Dorothy Dandridge. The two subsequently starred in Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954). Ironically, Belafonte's singing in the film was dubbed by an opera singer, as Belafonte's own singing voice was seen as unsuitable for the role. Using his star clout, Belafonte was subsequently able to realize several then-controversial film roles. In 1957's Island in the Sun, there are hints of an affair between Belafonte's character and the character played by Joan Fontaine. The film also starred James Mason, Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, and John Justin. In 1959, he starred in and produced, through his company HarBel Productions, Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow, in which he plays a bank robber uncomfortably teamed with a racist partner (Robert Ryan). He also co-starred with Inger Stevens in The World, the Flesh and the Devil. Belafonte was offered the role of Porgy in Preminger's Porgy and Bess, where he would have once again starred opposite Dandridge, but he refused the role because he objected to its racial stereotyping.</p> <p>Belafonte and Marguerite Byrd were married from 1948 to 1957. They have two daughters: Adrienne and Shari. Adrienne and her daughter Rachel Blue founded the Anir Foundation / Experience, focused on humanitarian work in southern Africa. Shari is a photographer, model, singer, and actress and is married to actor Sam Behrens.</p><p> On March 8, 1957, Belafonte married his second wife Julie Robinson, a former dancer with the Katherine Dunham Company who was of Jewish descent. They had two children, David and Gina. David, the only son of Harry Belafonte, is a former model and actor and is an Emmy-winning and Grammy nominated music producer and the executive director of the family-held company Belafonte Enterprises Inc. As a music producer, David has been involved in most of Belafonte's albums and tours and productions. He is married to model and singer Malena Belafonte who toured with Belafonte. Gina Belafonte is a TV and film actress and worked with her father as coach and producer on more than six films.</p> <p> After 47 years of marriage, Belafonte and Robinson divorced. In April 2008, Belafonte married photographer Pamela Frank.</p> <p> Belafonte has five grandchildren, Rachel and Brian through his children with Marguerite Byrd, and Maria, Sarafina, and Amadeus through his children with Julie Robinson. In October 1998, Belafonte contributed a letter to Liv Ullmann's book Letter to My Grandchild.</p> <p>Belafonte's political beliefs were greatly inspired by the singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, who mentored him. Robeson opposed not only racial prejudice in the United States but also western colonialism in Africa. He refused to perform in the American South from 1954 until 1961. In 1960, he appeared in a campaign commercial for Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. Kennedy later named Belafonte cultural advisor to the Peace Corps.</p> <p> Belafonte gave the keynote address at the ACLU of Northern California's annual Bill of Rights Day Celebration In December 2007 and was awarded the Chief Justice Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival featured the documentary film Sing Your Song, a biographical film focusing on Belafonte's contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and his endeavors to promote social justice globally. In 2011, Belafonte's memoir My Song was published by Knopf Books.</p> <p>Belafonte supported the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s confidants. He provided for King's family since King made only $8,000 a year as a preacher. Like many other civil rights activists, Belafonte was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. During the 1963 Birmingham Campaign, he bailed King out of Birmingham City Jail and raised $50,000 to release other civil rights protesters. He financed the 1961 Freedom Rides, supported voter registration drives, and helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington.</p> <p> During the "Mississippi Freedom Summer" of 1964, Belafonte bankrolled the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, flying to Mississippi that August with Sidney Poitier and $60,000 in cash and entertaining crowds in Greenwood. In 1968, Belafonte appeared on a Petula Clark primetime television special on NBC. In the middle of a duet of On the Path of Glory, Clark smiled and briefly touched Belafonte's arm, which prompted complaints from Doyle Lott, the advertising manager of the show's sponsor, Plymouth Motors. Lott wanted to retape the segment, but Clark, who had ownership of the special, told NBC that the performance would be shown intact or she would not allow it to be aired at all. Newspapers reported the controversy, Lott was relieved of his responsibilities, and when the special aired, it attracted high ratings. Belafonte appeared on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on September 29, 1968, performing a controversial "Mardi Gras" number intercut with footage from the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots. CBS censors deleted the segment. The full unedited content were broadcast in 1993 as part of a complete Smothers Brothers Hour syndication package. </p> <p> In 1985, he helped organize the Grammy Award-winning song "We Are the World", a multi-artist effort to raise funds for Africa. He performed in the Live Aid concert that same year. In 1987, he received an appointment to UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador. Following his appointment, Belafonte traveled to Dakar, Senegal, where he served as chairman of the International Symposium of Artists and Intellectuals for African Children. He also helped to raise funds—alongside more than 20 other artists—in the largest concert ever held in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1994, he went on a mission to Rwanda and launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the needs of Rwandan children. In 2001, he went to South Africa to support the campaign against HIV/AIDS. In 2002, Africare awarded him the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award for his efforts to assist Africa. In 2004, Belafonte went to Kenya to stress the importance of educating children in the region.</p> <p> Belafonte has been involved in prostate cancer advocacy since 1996, when he was diagnosed and successfully treated for the disease. On June 27, 2006, Belafonte was the recipient of the BET Humanitarian Award at the 2006 BET Awards. He was named one of nine 2006 Impact Award recipients by AARP The Magazine. On October 19, 2007, Belafonte represented UNICEF on Norwegian television to support the annual telethon (TV Aksjonen) in support of that charity and helped raise a world record of $10 per inhabitant of Norway. Belafonte was also an ambassador for the Bahamas. He is on the board of directors of the Advancement Project. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.</p> <p>On April 25, 2023, Belafonte died from congestive heart failure at home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at age 96.</p>
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</p>Born to immigrant parents in Harlem on March 1, 1927, Harry Belafonte spent much of his youth in his mother's home country of Jamaica. Though difficult, life in Jamaica was full of rich cultural experiences that influenced Belafonte's art.<p> <p> At the beginning of World War II, Belafonte returned to Harlem with his mother and brother. He had trouble integrating into the new environment and later dropped out of high school to join the U.S. Navy. After Belafonte was honorably discharged, he went back to New York, where he worked odd jobs until two free tickets to the American Negro Theatre (A.N.T.) changed his life.</p> <p> Belafonte auditioned for the A.N.T. and earned his first leading role in Juno and the Paycock. In 1953, he made his film debut opposite Dorothy Dandridge in Bright Road. He won a Tony in 1954 for his performance in Almanac. At the same time, Belafonte developed his singing talents, having parlayed a series of nightclub performances into a record contract. His third album, Calypso, topped the charts for thirty-one consecutive weeks and was the first record to sell more than 1 million copies. Belafonte also secured a television outlet with his hour-long special, Tonight with Belafonte, which won him an Emmy. He became the first African American TV producer and his company, HarBel, went on to produce one Emmy nominee after another.</p> <p> In the early 1950s, Belafonte developed a strong relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Belafonte worked tirelessly to mobilize artists in support of the civil rights movement. In 1985, he again rallied the global artistic community to raise awareness of the famines, wars and droughts plaguing many African nations. USA for Africa raised more than $60 million for this cause with "We Are the World" and Hands Across America. A longtime anti-apartheid activist, Belafonte hosted former South African President Nelson Mandela on his triumphant visit to the United States. Belafonte has maintained his commitment to service as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.</p>
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DINAH SHORE SHOW
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With Harry Belafonte for Peace Corps.
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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs. 1961 - 1974. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Close-up view of Actor and Vocalist Harry Belafonte.]
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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs. 1961 - 1974. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actor Harry Belafonte.]
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Letters to Mrs. Ina Steele [manuscript], 1956-1960.
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Letters to Mrs. Ina Steele [manuscript], 1956-1960.
In a letter, 1956 July 13, Hughes regrets that he knows no one who meets Mrs. Steele's teaching requirements and mentions his books "A Pictorial History of the Negro in America," and "I Wonder As I Wander." In a letter, 1960 January 8, Hughes describes his Christmas, his first jet plane ride, missing a Belafonte television show, Barnaby Conrad's bullfight bar and Josephine Baker and Odetta as leading ladies.
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Nakano, Desmond. White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
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Actors' Equity Association. Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996.
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Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996.
The collection consists of recordings of the award presentation ceremonies, from 1978 to 1996.
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VOLLLEYBALL PSA: Narr. by Harry Belafonte
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C. L. Franklin Papers, 1957-1991, 1963-1984
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C. L. Franklin Papers 1957-1991 1963-1984
Detroit African American clergyman and civil rights activitist. Papers accumulated by Franklin's daughter, Erma Franklin, relating to the life and career of her father; include biographical information, transcripts of oral interviews; scattered sermons and correspondence, including letters from daughter Aretha and from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; topical files about his church and civil rights activities; and photographs
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MARGARET GARDINER PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 129). 'Vietnam: an American View'; 1967.includes:ff. 2, 34 Harrison Evans Salisbury, Associate Editor, 'The New York Times': Letters to Margaret Gardiner of Harrison Evans Salisbury: 1967: Signed.ff. 3, 40 ..., 1967
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MARGARET GARDINER PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 129). 'Vietnam: an American View'; 1967.includes:ff. 2, 34 Harrison Evans Salisbury, Associate Editor, 'The New York Times': Letters to Margaret Gardiner of Harrison Evans Salisbury: 1967: Signed.ff. 3, 40 ... 1967
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-.... Swing dat hammer [Multimédia multisupport] / H Belafonte, chant.
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Swing dat hammer [Multimédia multisupport] / H Belafonte, chant.
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Photographs of Activities and Personalities at the U.S. Pavilion of the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium, 1957 - 1958
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Photographs of Activities and Personalities at the U.S. Pavilion of the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium, 1957 - 1958
Prior to the adoption of the Constitution, the foreign affairs of the United States were conducted successively by the Committee of Secret Correspondence (1775-1777), the Committee of Foreign Affairs (1777-1781), and the Department of Foreign Affairs (1781-1789). The Department of Foreign Affairs was reconstituted, following the adoption of the Constitution, by an act of Congress approved July 27, 1789. The name was changed to the Department of State and its activities were extended to include some of a purely domestic nature by an act approved September 15, 1789. Some of these activities included the preservation and publication of laws and treaties, keeping the seal of the United States and affixing it to certain documents signed by the President, and serving as custodian of the records of the United States previously held by the Secretary of Congress. Other domestic functions were eventually assigned to the Department, but with the expansion of the Government most of these were passed to other agencies, and the Department has again become concerned almost exclusively with foreign affairs. United States participation in the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition was authorized by the International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956. The U.S. Commissioner General exercised the authorities vested in, and discharged the responsibilities placed upon, the Secretary of State or the Department of State with respect to such participation. According to the 1957-1958 United States Government Manual- "The purpose of U.S. participation in the Brussels Exhibition of 1958 is to strengthen the ties which bind us with other nations by demonstrating the cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the U.S., and the contributions being made by the U.S. economic and social system toward a peaceful and more fruitful life for its own people andother people throughout the world; and thus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations between the U.S. and the other countries of the world. "The President is authorized to appoint the U.S. Commissioner General, and two deputies, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The organization has been developed along functional lines, consisting of divisions for U.S. Building Design and Construction, U.S. Government Building Exhibits, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Science, Public Affairs, and Administration." The Office of the U.S. Commissioner General was located in New York City, with a field office in Brussels. These photographs were taken by Andre de Flandre, the photographer in the Public Affairs Division of the Office of the U.S. Commissioner General, and document the many personalities and activities which were a part of the U.S. Pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition (April 17 - October 19, 1958). As described above, the U.S. Pavilion displayed the many political, social, economic, scientific, and cultural achievements of the United States. The photographs show art exhibits, daily "State Days" honoring the various states of the U.S., demonstrations of scientific advances, displays of American furniture styles and womens' fashions, and an exhibit sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service. Of interest are photographs of the construction of the U.S. Pavilion, performances of the U.S. Marine Corps Band and the U.S. Air Force's "Airmen of Note" choir, a demonstration of a bridge-playing Bendix computer, the arrival of a nuclear reactor for an exhibit of nuclear energy at the Pavilion, the "shooting" of a color television show, murals by Al Hirschfeld and Saul Steinberg, and an exhibit of the Children's Creative Center from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Photographs of personnel of the Office of the U.S.Commissioner General include Howard S. Cullman, the U.S. Commissioner General; Katherine G. Howard, the Deputy Commissioner General; and George W. Staempfli, the Coordinator for the Fine Arts Program in the Office of the U.S. Commissioner General. Other personalities photographed in this series include King Leopold and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium; Lord Louis Mountbatten and Princess Margaret of Great Britain; Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; Herbert Hoover; Eleanor Roosevelt; Adlai Stevenson; Christian Herter, the U.S. Undersecretary of State; and Soviet Vice-Premier Anastas Mikoyan. Entertainers found in these photographs include the Platters, Jayne Mansfield, Harry Belafonte, Mitzi Gaynor, Art Linkletter, Benny Goodman,and the Harlem Globetrotters. Other items in this series include copies of organization charts for the various divisions for the Office of the U.S. Commissioner General. Many of the 8"x10" prints in this series (in box 2) may have corresponding negatives, but do not bear the negative numbers on them. Due to the volume of the negatives, it was not possible to match all of the prints and negatives. In this case, refer to the numbering system for prints in box 2. Also, many of the negatives have no corresponding print; use the numbering system for them as specified below.
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V05793, October 4, 1994
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V05793, October 4, 1994
This contact sheet contains photographs of President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Tipper Gore, President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, his daughter, Zindiziswa Mandela-Hlongware, poet Maya Angelou, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, and White House chefs and butlers at the White House state dinner held in honor of President Mandela. White House photographers Callie Shell and Phil Humnicky photographed this dinner as well as other official and ceremonial events that occurred during President Mandela's first official state visit to the United States.
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John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.
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John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.
Collection of twentieth century motion picture memorabilia collected by John Eldon Thayer.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy: President's Office Files. 1/20/1961 - 11/22/1963. Departments and Agencies. 1/20/1961 - 11/22/1963. Peace Corps, 1961: January-June
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Papers of John F. Kennedy: President's Office Files. 1/20/1961 - 11/22/1963. Departments and Agencies. 1/20/1961 - 11/22/1963. Peace Corps, 1961: January-June
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Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs, 1961 - 1974
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Wiltwyck School for Boys Records, 1942-1981, [Bulk Dates: 1964-1981]
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Wiltwyck School for Boys Records, 1942-1981 [Bulk Dates: 1964-1981]
This collection contains the administrative records of the Wiltwyck School for Boys, a residential treatment center for troubled boys and adolescents from the New York City area.
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Selected Photographs of Peace Corps Activities (Chronological File), 1960 - 1990
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Selected Photographs of Peace Corps Activities (Chronological File), 1960 - 1990
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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs. 1961 - 1974. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actors Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston.]
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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs. 1961 - 1974. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actors Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston.]
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Guide to the Nelson Frank Papers, 1888-1971
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Guide to the Nelson Frank Papers, 1888-1971
Nelson Frank (1906-1974) was a journalist, anti-communist, a special agent with U.S. Naval Intelligence, an investigator for the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, and a bibliophile. He was a writer, labor editor and columnist for the <i>New York World Telegram</i> (1944-1955) where his article concerning the Duclos letter, which contributed to the ouster of Earl Browder, Communist Party USA head, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Much of his work concerned espionage and Soviet spy activities. As an investigator for the Senate International Security Subcommittee (1955-1957) Frank interviewed prospective witnesses, including on such topics as Soviet espionage, communist infiltration of the United Nations and labor unions, Soviet theft of U.S scientific secrets, and in reports advised the subcommittee on their value. The papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, manuscripts, biographical materials, printed materials, photographs research notes and subject files. There are materials on the Rosenberg trial and the grand jury indictment against Jack and Myra Sobel. Writings include an unpublished article, "The Red Spy Network in America," and articles for the <i>New York World-Telegram</i>, <i>Life</i> and <i>Fortune</i>. Correspondents include Solon De Leon, Granville Hicks, and Frederick Woltmann. Research files deal with labor unions, especially communist influence therein, communism, "communist front" organizations, communist espionage activities and the development of U.S. leftist parties.
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Harry Belafonte at Guniea Ballet
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The E.Y. Harburg Collection, 1929-1968 (inclusive)
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The E.Y. Harburg Collection 1929-1968 (inclusive)
Writings and other papers by and about the American lyricist E.Y. ("Yip") Harburg
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- The E.Y. Harburg Collection, 1929-1968 (inclusive)
Guide to the Nelson Frank Papers, 1888-1971
Title:
Guide to the Nelson Frank Papers, 1888-1971
Nelson Frank (1906-1974) was a journalist, anti-communist, a special agent with U.S. Naval Intelligence, an investigator for the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, and a bibliophile. He was a writer, labor editor and columnist for the <i>New York World Telegram</i> (1944-1955) where his article concerning the Duclos letter, which contributed to the ouster of Earl Browder, Communist Party USA head, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Much of his work concerned espionage and Soviet spy activities. As an investigator for the Senate International Security Subcommittee (1955-1957) Frank interviewed prospective witnesses, including on such topics as Soviet espionage, communist infiltration of the United Nations and labor unions, Soviet theft of U.S scientific secrets, and in reports advised the subcommittee on their value. The papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, manuscripts, biographical materials, printed materials, photographs research notes and subject files. There are materials on the Rosenberg trial and the grand jury indictment against Jack and Myra Sobel. Writings include an unpublished article, "The Red Spy Network in America," and articles for the <i>New York World-Telegram</i>, <i>Life</i> and <i>Fortune</i>. Correspondents include Solon De Leon, Granville Hicks, and Frederick Woltmann. Research files deal with labor unions, especially communist influence therein, communism, "communist front" organizations, communist espionage activities and the development of U.S. leftist parties.
ArchivalResource: 26 Linear Feet in 24 record cartons, one manuscript box, and one oversize flat box.
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- Nelson Frank Papers, 1888-1971
Harry Belafonte Collection
Title:
Harry Belafonte Collection
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- Harry Belafonte Collection
Schultz, Chiz. Charles "Chiz" Schultz collection, 1968-1990.
Title:
Charles "Chiz" Schultz collection, 1968-1990.
The Charles H. "Chiz" Schultz collection documents film and television projects, either created by or featuring black artists which Schultz produced or considered for production. The collection also documents Schultz's employment with Belafonte Enterprises Inc., as well as his own production companies: Chiz Schultz Inc. and Fireside Entertainment Corporations. The Belafonte Enterprises Inc. series (1968-1976) documents production ideas and specific projects with which Schultz was involved, and includes memoranda by Harry Belafonte, Schultz and other staff giving reports on projects, feature films, television and theatrical productions. Two of the projects were the United Negro College Fund and the Ford Foundation Consultant Program. The Chiz Schultz Inc. series (1972-1985) contains information on the projects and proposals with which the company was engaged, including feature and documentary films. The writers for whom there is documentation include Charles Fuller, Charles Holland and Larry Neal. The Firestone Entertainment Corporation material (1987-1990) includes scripts for Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" and proposals for a television special saluting black theatrical performers. The Projects and Proposals series (1972-1989) documents film and television projects Schultz produced or considered for production. Among the materials are budgets, proposals, production files, contracts, correspondence, outlines, clippings and scripts. The project and proposals include "The Derriere Pain," a television episode written by Schultz for the late 1970's series "Watch Your Mouth!," and Richard Wesley's "The House of Dies Drear." Many of the pieces deal with African history or have African themes. Among these are Babcob Film's Synopsis of "Jom," a Rising Sun Productions proposal for the "Afrikan Sun," and scripts and synopses of "Sundiata." Pieces that focus on South Africa include Mbogeni Ngema's "Asinimali" and Grigori Owens' novel "Johannesburg." The General series (1972-1990) includes correspondence documenting Schultz's business and personal relationships. There are administrative files documenting his role as a member of the board of directors and consultant for the Hudson Valley Freedom Theatre. The series also contains resumes of actors, actresses, and script writers and script readers who worked for Schultz, in addition to playbills, programs and clippings.
ArchivalResource: 13 boxes, 4.8 lin. ft. (13 boxes)
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- Schultz, Chiz. Charles "Chiz" Schultz collection, 1968-1990.
HARRY BELAFONTE PRESS CONFERENCE IN AMERICAN PAVILION AT BRUSSELS FAIR
Title:
HARRY BELAFONTE PRESS CONFERENCE IN AMERICAN PAVILION AT BRUSSELS FAIR
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Charles "Chiz" Schultz collection, 1968-1990
Title:
Charles "Chiz" Schultz collection 1968-1990
The Charles H. "Chiz" Schultz collection documents film and television projects, either created by or featuring black artists which Schultz produced or considered for production. The collection also documents Schultz's employment with Belafonte Enterprises Inc., as well as his own production companies: Chiz Schultz Inc. and Fireside Entertainment Corporations.
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- Charles "Chiz" Schultz collection, 1968-1990
Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007. Official Military Personnel Files, 1885 - 1998.
Title:
Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007. Official Military Personnel Files, 1885 - 1998.
ArchivalResource: 191,880 linear feet
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Official Military Personnel File for Harold G. Belafonte
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1970 - Miscellaneous - Vice President Spiro Agnew with Joseph Blatchford, Dinah Shore and Harry Belafonte
Title:
1970 - Miscellaneous - Vice President Spiro Agnew with Joseph Blatchford, Dinah Shore and Harry Belafonte
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American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)
Title:
American Vaudeville Museum collection 1845-2007 (bulk 1910-1940)
This collection consists of materialsdocumenting vaudeville and other entertainment in the United States,particularly in the 1910s through 1940s. Primary materials such as photographs,scrapbooks and handwritten stage scripts document the careers of particularperformers. There are substantial numbers of sheet music and theatre programs,and a large LP collection. The collection focuses on vaudeville but encompassesother forms and eras of American entertainment as well.
ArchivalResource: 66.8linear feet
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- American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940)
FBI Memorandum
Title:
FBI Memorandum
This item consists of an FBI memorandum regarding the plans of Martin Luther King Jr. and Harry Belafonte to hold an American civil rights rally at the Plais des Sports in Port de Versailles, Paris.
DigitalArchivalResource: 3 sheets
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Taylor Branch Papers, (bulk, ), 1865-2013, 1958-2009
Title:
Taylor Branch Papers, (bulk ) 1865-2013 1958-2009
Taylor Branch, journalist and historian, is best known for his research and writing on Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Taylor Branch Papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal material, subject files, pictures, and audio and video material, most of it relating to Branch's trilogy on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his book about working with President Bill Clinton. Topics pertaining to the 1960s include King and civil rights, particularly in Selma and Montgomery, Ala.; individuals and organizations who supported and opposed the civil rights and anti-war movements; and a 1964 California case involving a violent confrontation in 1962 between police officers and several black men. Also of note are Branch's extensive efforts to acquire Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on J. Edgar Hoover, FBI informants, Communism, and the Ku Klux Klan through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. Research materials relating to Bill Clinton include audio recordings and transcripts of Branch's recollections and notes of interviews with Clinton during and after his presidency; correspondence, articles, and memos exchanged between Branch and White House staff; drafts of Clinton's speeches annotated by Branch; printouts from news websites; clippings; and copies of other speeches given by Clinton and by other public figures; two binders from a presidential trip to Haiti for the inauguration of Rene Preval on which Branch traveled; and other items. Other materials in the collection include biographical information about Taylor Branch and his speeches, 1998-2000. The Addition of April 2013 is the professional website of Taylor Branch.
ArchivalResource: 60,000; 87.0
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- Taylor Branch Papers, (bulk, ), 1865-2013, 1958-2009
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-. Letters, 1954-1981.
Title:
Letters, 1954-1981.
Collection span the dates 1954 to 1981 and include correspondence, legal documents, receipts, contracts, flyers, telegrams, printed material and ephemera. Correspondents include his managers Jack Rollins and Jay Richard Kennedy, analist Dr. Janet Alterman Kennedy, guitarist Millard Thomas, and Belafonte's first wife Margurite Belafonte. A significant number of the letters were written by Belafonte's managers on his behalf. The collection is housed in one box, which contains 96 folders.
ArchivalResource: 96 items.
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- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-. Letters, 1954-1981.
Today No. 89
Title:
Today No. 89
This newsreel includes footage of the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and highlights of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila's world record-breaking victory in the marathon; a Nigerian businessman who operates a store in New York City; the competitions among performers at the annual Artistic Fortnight in the Kaporo area of Conakry, Guinea, some of which are attended by American entertainer Harry Belafonte, who is in Guinea to help form the Djoliba National Ballet; and the events of the 19th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), during which Alex Quaison-Sackey of Ghana is elected UNGA president and the nations of Malawi and Zambia are granted membership.
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HARRY BELAFONTE
Title:
HARRY BELAFONTE
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1965 - Returning PCVs Conference - Earl Warren, Hubert Humphrey, Harry Belafonte, Sargent Shriver, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Jack Vaughn, Bill Moyers
Title:
1965 - Returning PCVs Conference - Earl Warren, Hubert Humphrey, Harry Belafonte, Sargent Shriver, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Jack Vaughn, Bill Moyers
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FOLK SINGERS IN AMERICA HARRY BELAFONTE
Title:
FOLK SINGERS IN AMERICA HARRY BELAFONTE
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Nakano, Desmond. White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
Title:
White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
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- Nakano, Desmond. White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
Alix Jeffry photographs
Title:
Alix Jeffry photographs
Contains approximately 60,000 negatives (35mm, 2x2"), contact sheets, and glossy 8x10" prints, and circa 400 color slides covering productions of Off-Broadway theaters of New York, and celebrities and performers photographed by Alix Jeffry.
ArchivalResource: 11.25 linear feet (12 boxes)
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- Photographs: Index.
Wilson, Flip. Flip. [Season 4, episode 5 : script].
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Flip. [Season 4, episode 5 : script]. 1973.
ArchivalResource: 2, 71, 2 leaves ; 28 cm.
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- Wilson, Flip. Flip. [Season 4, episode 5 : script].
Nakano, Desmond. White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
Title:
White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
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- Nakano, Desmond. White man [Multimédia multisupport] / Desmond Nakano, réal., scénario ; Howard Shore, comp. ; John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Tom Bower... [et al.], act.
Florence Allen papers
Title:
Florence Allen papers
The collection measures 0.5 linear feet, dates from 1920 to 1997, and documents the career of artist's model Florence Allen. Found within the papers are biographical material, letters, notes and writings, artwork, and printed material. Of particular interest are a wide variety of photographs, including 19th century photographs of Allen family members, photographs of Florence Allen posing for artists, socializing with famous friends such as Paul Robeson, Harry Belefonte, Paul Newman, Allen Ginsberg, and participating in protest marches. There is also an autographed photo of Bob Hope.
ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet
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- Allen, Florence W. (Florence Wysinger), 1913-1997. Florence Allen papers, 1920-1997.
Records of the Community Services Administration. 1963 - 1981. Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs. 1964 - 1979. THE FIRST THIRTY
Title:
Records of the Community Services Administration, 1963 - 1981. Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs, 1964 - ca. 1979. THE FIRST THIRTY, 1965.
PROMOTIONAL DOCUMENTARY: On the official opening of the first Job Corps Conservation Center at Camp Catoctin, Md. on 15 Jan, 1965. Young man and volunteer instructors enter the camp. Includes a series of spots to encourage volunteers to join the program by Danny Kaye, Andy Williams, Lloyd Thaxton, Jackie Gleason, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Johnny Unitas, Richard Theme, Harry Belafonte and Dinah Shore.
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Hollywood Round Table - Civil Rights
Title:
Hollywood Round Table - Civil Rights
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Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001
Title:
Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001
The official organ of the Communist Party, USA, the Daily Worker's editorial positions reflected the policies of the Communist Party. At the same time the paper also attempted to speak to the broad left-wing community in the United States that included labor, civil rights, and peace activists, with stories covering a wide range of events, organizations and individuals in the United States and around the world. As a daily newspaper, it covered the major stories of the twentieth century. However, the paper always placed an emphasis on radical social movements, social and economic conditions particularly in working class and minority communities, poverty, labor struggles, racial discrimination, right wing extremism with an emphasis on fascist and Nazi movements, and of course the Soviet Union and the world-wide Communist movement. The paper has had a succession of names and has been published in varying frequences between daily to weekly over the course of its existence. In 2010 it ceased print publication and became an electronic, online-only, weekly publication titled the People's World. The bulk of the collection consists of printed photographic images produced through a variety of processes, collected by the photography editors of the Daily Worker and its successor newspapers as a means of maintaining an organized collection of images for use in publication. Images of many important people, groups and events associated with the CPUSA and the American Left are present in the collection, as well as images of a wide variety of people, subjects and events not explicitly linked with the CPUSA or Left politics.
ArchivalResource: 227 Linear Feet in 226 record cartons and 2 oversized boxes
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- The, Daily Worker, and, The Daily World, Photographs Collection, Bulk, 1930-1990, 1920-2001
National Press Club (U.S.). Luncheon speakers collection [sound recording].
Title:
Luncheon speakers collection [sound recording]. 1952-<1989>
Scope: The collection contains speeches by world statesmen and women, politicians and diplomats, contemporary newsmakers, and various international figures from all walks of life. American presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton have all been recorded at the club on numerous occasions at different stages of their careers. International leaders such as Adenauer, de Gaulle, Sukarno, Nehru, Castro, Meir, Gandhi, and Khrushchev speak. In addition, figures from various fields including business, education, entertainment, literature, sports, and medicine appear such as Arnold Toynbee, Artur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, Alex Haley, Rudolf Bing, Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte, Gloria Steinem, Jonas Salk, Margaret Mead, Arthur Ashe, and Bob Hope. Recordings also include the concluding question-and-answer periods from the luncheon speakers series and simultaneous translations of talks not in English.
ArchivalResource: 1266 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.8 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.<312> sound cassettes : analog.
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- National Press Club (U.S.). Luncheon speakers collection [sound recording].
Branch, Taylor. Taylor Branch papers, 1865-2009 (bulk 1958-2009).
Title:
Taylor Branch papers, 1865-2009 (bulk 1958-2009).
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal material, subject files, pictures, and audio and video material, much of which relates to Branch's trilogy on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement ("Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63" (1988); "Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65" (1998); and "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68" (2006)) and to "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President" (2009), his book about working with President Bill Clinton. Correspondence includes letters and some printed emails to and from Branch related to the research, writing, and publishing of his books about King and the civil rights movement; pamphlets, notes, clippings, and other printed material are interfiled. Some letters relate to Branch's attempts to acquire research files through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOI/PA). There is also some correspondence about speaking engagements and personal correspondence related to friends and family. Writings chiefly relate to Branch's civil rights books and include drafts, notes, clippings, articles, correspondence, advertisements, and data compact discs containing bibliographic and research databases. There is also some information about a proposed television miniseries based on the first two books of the King trilogy (not available for research). Legal material chiefly concerns a 1964 California case involving a violent confrontation in 1962 between police officers and several black men. Subject files include research files on King and civil rights, particularly in Selma and Montgomery, Ala. Topics include John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., the National Council of Churches, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, Nation of Islam, and the Vietnam War and anti-war groups. There are also files relating to Branch v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in which Branch successfully sued for access to FBI files on J. Edgar Hoover, several FBI informants, Communism, the Ku Klux Klan, and other topics. Audio material includes interviews conducted by Branch and copies of material used in his research. Among the interviewees are Ralph Abernathy, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, James L. Bevel, John Bevel, Stokely Carmichael, Marion Cheek, Septima Clark, William Sloane Coffin, S.K. De, John Doar, Vernon Dobson, James Farmer, Alex Haley, Michael Harrington, Meree Harris, Rutha Mae Harris, Timothy Jenkins, Charles Jones, Clarence Jones, Edward Kennedy, S.B. King, Barnard Lee, John Lewis, Burke Marshall, Louis Martin, Robert McNamara, Richard Morrisroe, Bob Moses, Diane Nash, Sheriff Nichols, Edgar Daniel Nixon, Silas Norman, Joseph Rauh, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bayard Rustin, Charles Sherrod, Sargent Shriver, Harry Wachtel, Wyatt Tee Walker, S.B. Wells, and Andrew Young. There are also speeches and/or sermons of Ralph Abernathy, James Bevel, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X. Video material includes documentaries and news programs about the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, and Malcolm X. Materials relating to Bill Clinton include audio recordings and transcripts of Taylor Branch's recollections and notes of interviews with Clinton during and after his presidency; editing and publishing materials for "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President" (2009), the book Branch wrote based on these interviews; correspondence between Branch and staff at the White House; articles and memos sent to Branch by White House staff; drafts of Clinton's speeches annotated by Branch, including the second inaugural address; printouts from news websites; clippings; and copies of other speeches given by Clinton and by other public figures; notebooks, seemingly from Branch's interviews with Clinton; two binders from a presidential trip to Haiti on which Branch traveled; and other items. Other materials in the collection include class notes from a course Branch taught, 2000; biographical information; and speeches, 1998-2000.
ArchivalResource: About 60000 items (87.0 linear feet)
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- Branch, Taylor. Taylor Branch papers, 1865-2009 (bulk 1958-2009).
Photographs of Peace Corps Activities and Personnel (Contact Sheet File), 1961 - 1990
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Photographs of Peace Corps Activities and Personnel (Contact Sheet File), 1961 - 1990
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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Harry Belafonte
Title:
The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Harry Belafonte
Singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte (1927 - ) is best known for his extensive acting and music career. His third album, Calypso, became the first in history to sell more than one million copies. He has worked closely with civil rights leaders, and has mobilized the arts community to address issues of civil and human rights, war, and famine throughout Africa. Belafonte was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/2/2000, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.
OralHistoryResource: Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 1; Total Run Time: 01h 00m 00s
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Harry Belafonte collection, [ca. 1979-ongoing].
Title:
Harry Belafonte collection, [ca. 1979-ongoing].
Collection contains clipping, program, publicity and souvenir book files.
ArchivalResource: 4 folders.
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- Harry Belafonte collection, [ca. 1979-ongoing].
Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996
Title:
Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording] 1978-1996
The Paul Robeson Award is presented annually by Actors' Equity Association to honor an individual for both artistic achievement and exemplary humanitarian service. The collection consists of recordings of the award presentation ceremonies, from 1978 to 1996. Recipients include: Sam Jaffe (1978) ; Harry Belafonte (1979) ; Alice Childress (1980) ; Studs Terkel (1981) ; Ed Asner (1982) ; John Henry Faulk (1983) ; Lena Horne (1984) ; Arthur Mitchell (1985) ; Vinie Burrows (1986) ; Joseph Papp (1987) ; Jacques D'Amboise (1988) ; Bill Ross & Dr. Margaret Burroughs (1989) ; Maya Angelou (1990) ; Gordon Parks (1991) ; The 20th Anniversary ceremony (held in 1991) ; Gil Noble (1995) ; George C. Wolfe (1996). Speakers at these ceremonies include Theodore Bikel, Ellen Burstyn, Barbara Colton, Colleen Dewhurst, Carl Harms, Nancy Marchand, Frederick O'Neal, Susan Robeson, Tom McDermott, and Stuart Hutchinson, among many others.
ArchivalResource: 19 sound cassettes
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- Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
Title:
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1940-1968
Weekly 30-minute NBC radio broadcasts, featuring classical and light classical music, which began on Apr. 29, 1940 and continued until 1958. In September, 1959, the Bell Telephone Hour made its television debut as a monthly musical special. It remained a regular television program until April 26, 1968. Library's holdings incomplete. Broadcasts chiefly originated from New York City, sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company (American Telephone and Telegraph). Each 30-minute program generally features a guest singer or instrumentalist, with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees, and the Bell Telephone Hour Chorus. Frequent guest artists include Marian Anderson, Robert Casadesus, Nelson Eddy, Josef Hofmann, Fritz Kreisler, Oscar Levant, James Melton, Grace Moore, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Bidú Sayão, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, Helen Traubel, and Eileen Farrell. Chief announcer: Floyd Mack.
ArchivalResource: 1579 sound discs
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- The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
Photographs of Civil Rights Programs at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, 1949 - 1959
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Photographs of Civil Rights Programs at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, 1949 - 1959
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-.... Swing dat hammer / H Belafonte, chant.
Title:
Swing dat hammer / H Belafonte, chant.
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- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-.... Swing dat hammer / H Belafonte, chant.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs. 1882 - 1962. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs
Title:
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs. 1882 - 1962. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs
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James Forman Papers, 1848-2005, (bulk 1961-2001)
Title:
James Forman Papers 1848-2005 (bulk 1961-2001)
Author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, subject files, speeches and writings, family papers, appointment books and calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Forman's activities as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee.
ArchivalResource: 79,000 items; 255 containers plus 2 oversize and electronic files; 100.2 linear feet
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- Forman, James, 1928-2005. James Forman papers, 1848-2005 (bulk 1961-2001).
1965 - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Conference - Hubert Humphrey, Earl Warren, Bill Moyers, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Harry Belafonte
Title:
1965 - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Conference - Hubert Humphrey, Earl Warren, Bill Moyers, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Harry Belafonte
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Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976
Title:
Ford, J. mss. 1906-1976
Consists of the correspondence, papers, and memorabilia of motion picture director John Ford, 1895-1973.
ArchivalResource: 7,000 items
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- Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976
Dunham, Katherine. Katherine Dunham papers, 1919-1968.
Title:
Katherine Dunham papers, 1906-2009.
The Katherine Dunham papers consists of correspondence, writings, scripts, notes on dance techniques, and musical scores with the bulk of the collection consisting of personal correspondence. This collection also highlights Dunham's early explorations as an anthropologist in the 1930s when she studied a multitude of movement types and dance forms. However, it is Dunham's focus on the movements and dances of the African Diaspora that so influenced her development as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. The rest of the collection consists of music from her field research in Haiti, photographs, and manuscripts related to her published works: The Dances of Haiti, Journey to Accompong, Island Possessed, and The Negro Dance. Among others, notable correspondents include Josephine Baker, Harry Belefonte, Doris Duke, W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Eartha Kitt, Butterfly McQueen, Anthony Quinn, and Paul Robeson.
ArchivalResource: 80.00 cu. ft.
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- Dunham, Katherine. Katherine Dunham papers, 1919-1968.
Harry Belafonte at the National Ballet in Guinea - 1964
Title:
Harry Belafonte at the National Ballet in Guinea - 1964
This program shows Harry Belafonte watching Guinean dancers and musicians in villages and at the National Ballet of Guinea with President Ahmed Sekou Toure.
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The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
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The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1940-1968
Weekly 30-minute NBC radio broadcasts, featuring classical and light classical music, which began on Apr. 29, 1940 and continued until 1958. In September, 1959, the Bell Telephone Hour made its television debut as a monthly musical special. It remained a regular television program until April 26, 1968. Library's holdings incomplete. Broadcasts chiefly originated from New York City, sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company (American Telephone and Telegraph). Each 30-minute program generally features a guest singer or instrumentalist, with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees, and the Bell Telephone Hour Chorus. Frequent guest artists include Marian Anderson, Robert Casadesus, Nelson Eddy, Josef Hofmann, Fritz Kreisler, Oscar Levant, James Melton, Grace Moore, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Bidú Sayão, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, Helen Traubel, and Eileen Farrell. Chief announcer: Floyd Mack.
ArchivalResource: 1579 sound discs
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- The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
Alix Jeffry additional papers
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Alix Jeffry additional papers
Papers of American photographer Alix Jeffry (1929-1993), including photographs documenting off-Broadway theater circa 1952-1970, and unpublished works by Jeffry.
ArchivalResource: 16.3 linear feet (27 boxes and 1 folder)
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- Alix Jeffry additional papers, 1935-1993.
Wiltwyck School for Boys. Wiltwyck School for Boys records, 1942-1981 [Bulk dates 1964-1982].
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Wiltwyck School for Boys records, 1942-1981 [Bulk dates 1964-1982].
The bulk of the collection is comprised of administrative records of the day-to-day functioning of the Wiltwyck School for Boys. These records include correspondence, meeting minutes, committee files, program descriptions and proposals, fundraising and public relations initiatives, publications by Wiltwyck staff, and oversize architectural drawings of the Wiltwyck campus. The collection contains a number of closed files dealing with individual patient care.
ArchivalResource: 20.58 linear feet (49 document boxes and one oversize archival box)
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- Wiltwyck School for Boys. Wiltwyck School for Boys records, 1942-1981 [Bulk dates 1964-1982].
Vice Presidential Records of the White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration), 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. Vice Presidential Photographs, 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. V05795, October 4, 1994
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Vice Presidential Records of the White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration), 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. Vice Presidential Photographs, 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. V05795, October 4, 1994
This contact sheet contains photographs of President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, singer Whitney Houston, saxophonist Kirk Whalum, singer Bobby Brown, singer Dionne Warwick, music producer Damon Elliott, actor Blair Underwood, actress Desiree DaCosta, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, and dancer Julie Robinson at the White House state dinner held in honor of President Nelson Mandela of South Africa. White House photographers Callie Shell and Phil Humnicky photographed this dinner as well as other official and ceremonial events that occurred during President Mandela's first official state visit to the United States.
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Films from the Office of Economic Opportunity, ca. 1965 - ca. 1967
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Films from the Office of Economic Opportunity, ca. 1965 - ca. 1967
This series consists of films and commercials produced by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). They describe the programs offered by OEO and the societal needs they fulfill. The programs discussed include Head Start, Job Corps, VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), and the Community Action Program. Lady Bird Johnson appears, as do Billy Graham, Saul Alinsky, and Sargent Shriver. One film describes the philosophy and operation of the Job Corps Center at New Bedford, Massachusetts; another the benefits of Head Start to a Mexican American boy in California; another the opening of a Women's Job Corps Center at Excelsior Springs, Missouri. There is a promotional film for the Job Corps featuring Danny Kaye and Harry Belafonte, among others. There are also educational films about consumer fraud and drug addiction; setting up food-buying cooperatives; parenting advice; and water safety. There are training films for Head Start staff, including several films in which Dr. Barbara Biber addresses the question of the educational needs of disadvantaged children. There are also several appeals for Head Start volunteers
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Official Military Personnel Files for Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) list via the National Archives website, viewed November 2, 2021
The following lists of Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) are historically significant individuals, known as Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) records. They consist of military heroes, political leaders, cultural figures, celebrities, and entertainers which are now opened to the public. This list will be updated as additional records are transferred to National Archives custody and made available. Some of these records may be incomplete due to having suffered damage in the 1973 fire during operations at the Page facility.
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Oliver Tambo papers
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Oliver Tambo papers
Oliver Reginald Tambo spent most of his life serving in the struggle against apartheid. During his years in the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo played a major role in the growth and development of the movement and its policies. He was among the generation of African nationalist leaders who emerged after the Second World War who were instrumental in the transformation of the ANC from a liberal-constitutionalist organisation into a radical national liberation movement.
ArchivalResource: 2.0 Linear feet
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- Oliver Tambo, Papers, undated, 1960-1992.
San Diego, [California] - 157-4255-v.1 [Classification - Civil Unrest] -- Harry Belafonte -- Walter Kudumu -- Helen Sims
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San Diego, [California] - 157-4255-v.1 [Classification - Civil Unrest] -- Harry Belafonte -- Walter Kudumu -- Helen Sims
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1965 - Miscellaneous - National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting, Harry Belafonte
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1965 - Miscellaneous - National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting, Harry Belafonte
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Belafonte in Brussels, Belgium, 9/6/1958
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Belafonte in Brussels, Belgium, 9/6/1958
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Hager, Steven. Beat Street / screenplay by Steven Hager ; revised screenplay by Andy Davis, David Gilbert and Paul Golding.
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Beat Street / screenplay by Steven Hager ; revised screenplay by Andy Davis, David Gilbert and Paul Golding. 1983-1984.
ArchivalResource: [102] leaves (unbound) ; 30 cm.
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- Hager, Steven. Beat Street / screenplay by Steven Hager ; revised screenplay by Andy Davis, David Gilbert and Paul Golding.
American Committee on Africa. Archives 1948-1988.
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Archives 1948-1988.
Archives documenting the African Nationalist movement leaders and their supporters in the U.S. and abroad. Includes correspondence, administrativerecords, printed items, inter-office memoranda, minutes, reports, financial, personnel, and legal records, photographs, notes, worksheets, speeches, clippings, writings, audio-sound recordings, motion picture film. Printed items represent approx. one-half of the collection, and correspondence comprises one quarter.
ArchivalResource: 146 ln. ft. 30 OS Boxes.
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- American Committee on Africa. Archives 1948-1988.
Warner Bros. Black films collection, 1939-1984 (bulk 1967-1984).
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Black films collection, 1939-1984 (bulk 1967-1984).
The Black Films Collection primarily documents the marketing of African Americans in American motion pictures and consists of scripts, press sheets, press kits, movie stills and posters.
ArchivalResource: 3.2 lin. ft.
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- Warner Bros. Black films collection, 1939-1984 (bulk 1967-1984).
Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Photographs Collection, 1910-1995
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Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Photographs Collection, 1910-1995
James E. Jackson (1914-2007) and Esther Cooper Jackson (1917- ) are African-American communists and civil rights activists, best known for their role in founding and leading the Southern Negro Youth Congress (1937-1948). James Jackson was head of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) Louisiana state organization in 1946, and was a Party organizer in the automobile industry in Detroit from 1947 to 1950. He then moved to New York, becoming the Southern Director for the Communist Party. In 1951 he was indicted under the Smith Act (charged with advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government), and became a fugitive until 1955. He later served as the CPUSA's Educational Director and International Affairs Secretary, retiring in 1991. Esther Cooper Jackson served as the Executive Secretary of the Southern Negro Youth Congress from 1942-1946 and co-founded and served as the managing editor from 1961-86 of Freedomways, the influential African-American political and cultural quarterly. The collection consists of ca. 1,350 items (mainly black and white photographs), the largest part of which documents or derives from the international travels of the Jacksons—primarily James Jackson's travels as a representative of the CPUSA from the1950s through the 1980s; also included are a small number of family photographs and images documenting political and organizational activities of the Jacksons from 1930s through the 1950s and some images from Freedomways, mostly documenting cultural events sponsored by the magazine. Individuals represented include CPUSA leaders and activists, as well as leaders of Communist nations.
ArchivalResource: 4 boxes
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- James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Photographs, 1910-1995, (Bulk 1960-1979)
Langston Hughes Collection, 1956-1960
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Langston Hughes Collection 1956-1960
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- Langston Hughes Collection, 1956-1960
Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005
Title:
Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005
The materials in this collection were compiled from various sources by Southern Folklife Collection staff, with the goal of creating a reference resource to aid in research. Artist name files contain correspondence, booklets, obituaries, press releases, discographies, promotional materials, and other items relating to many of the artists whose work is relevant to the Southern Folklife Collection as a whole.
ArchivalResource: Items: About 3,200; Linear Feet: 21.0
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- Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005
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Audio materials, 1956-1977 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Audio materials, 1956-1977 [sound recording].
Title:
Audio materials, 1956-1977 [sound recording]. 1956-1977.
Scope: Recordings of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Convention activities for 1967-1970 and 1972-1977, Lincoln Day broadcasts for 1959-1968, television interviews (sound only) of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People officials, and special documentary presentations. Voices heard include, among others, James Baldwin, Daisy Bates, Harry Belafonte, Julian Bond, Robert L. Carter, Kenneth B. Clark, W. Montague Cobb, William Thaddeus Coleman, Sammy Davis, Jr., Charles C. Diggs, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Farmer, Walter E. Fauntroy, John Hope Franklin, Alex Haley, William Hastie, Augustus F. Hawkins, Dorothy I. Height, Herbert Hill, Benjamin L. Hooks, Langston Hughes, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, James Meredith, Clarence M. Mitchell, Henry Lee Moon, Constance Baker Motley, Adam Clayton Powell, A. Philip Randolf, Ira De Augustine Reid, Jackie Robinson, Bayard Rustin, Arthur B. Spingarn, Percy E. Sutton, Channing H. Tobias, Robert Clifton Weaver, Roy Wilkins, Margaret Bush Wilson, and Malcolm X.
ArchivalResource: <356> sound tape reels : analog, various speeds ; 7-10 in. (some acetate) 140 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 10 in.
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- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Audio materials, 1956-1977 [sound recording].
George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
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George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
Papers documenting the American career of Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine. Also includes records of the New York City Ballet (1948-1987), and records of the George Balanchine Foundation and the George Balanchine Trust (1983-1989).
ArchivalResource: 115 boxes, 1volume, and 61 videotapes (62.5 linear ft.)
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- George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
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- Actors' Equity Association.
Actors' Equity Association. Paul Robeson Award
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Allen, Florence W. (Florence Wysinger), 1913-1997.
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- American Committee on Africa.
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- American Museum of Vaudeville
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- American Negro Theatre
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- Belafonte, Margurite.
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- Belafonte, Shari
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- Branch, Taylor.
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Communist Party of the United States of America.
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- Cullen, Frank, 1936-
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- Davis, Miles, 1926-1991
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- Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
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- Dunham, Katherine.
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- Ford, John, 1895-1973
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Franklin, C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn), 1915-1984
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- Frank, Nelson 1906-1974.
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- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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- Jack, Rollins.
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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- Kolcheim, Nat.
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- Kramer, Sidney, 1911-1961.
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- Liberace, 1919-1987
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
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- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
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New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)
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