The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once confessed to Harry Belafonte that he feared Black Americans were "integrating into a burning house," or a nation losing its moral vision, according to the late ...

Singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte will be the focus of an auction featuring nearly 400 artifacts from his ...

When Martin Luther King Jr.‘s birthday and holiday roll ... who profiled the late Harry Belafonte, a good friend of Dr. King and activist heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement, for ...

Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King ... entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte, he wondered aloud whether ...

From the Pacifica Radio Archives, this program features Harry Belafonte responding to questions posed by Dr Rae Richardson, founder of Oakland’s Marcus Books, the oldest independent Black bookstore in ...

Originally released on home video, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective follows a more traditional approach to documentary filmmaking. Narrated by The Transformers voice actor Arthur ...

As a young girl, Gina Belafonte used to put her ear up against a door in her home so she could hear her father and his friends discuss important matters. Issues like civil rights, protests and racism.

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King ...

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of the most influential and recognizable figures in American history. His rise ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage ... According to Dr. King’s close friends and colleagues like Andrew Young, Harry Belafonte, and John Lewis, the historical figure was facing backlash due ...