Becoming Belafonte
Judith E. Smith · 2014
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About the book
A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation of African Americans in commercial television and film. Forging connections with an astonishing array of consequential players on the American scene in the decades following World War II -- from Paul Robeson to Ed Sullivan, John Kennedy to Stokely Carmichael -- Belafonte established his place in American culture as a hugely popular singer, matinee idol, internationalist, and champion of civil rights, black pride, and black power. --Publisher's description.
Book details
- Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Series
- Discovering America
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780292729148
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