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Title
Becoming Belafonte
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Smith, Judith E., 1948- (Author)
Subject
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
African American civil rights workers--Biography (LCSH)
Musicians, Black--United States--Biography (LCSH)
Actors, Black--United States--Biography (LCSH)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
United States
Classification
LCC: ML420.B32 S55 2014
DDC: 782.42164092B full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
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.
Table Of Contents
From Harlem, Jamaica, and the segregated navy to New York City's interracial left-wing culture, 1927/1948
Black left, white stage, Cold War : moving into the spotlight, 1949/1954
Multimedia stardom and the struggle for racial equality, 1955/1960
Storming the gates : producing film and television, 1957/1970.
Authorized Access Point
Smith, Judith E., 1948- Becoming Belafonte
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
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Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 18045757
Change Date: 2023-04-25T12:59:54
Creation Date: 2014-02-19
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
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