San Diego, [California] - 157-4255-v.1 [Classification - Civil Unrest] -- Harry Belafonte -- Walter Kudumu -- Helen Sims
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
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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 bac...
