“I’ve often responded to queries that ask, ‘When as an artist did you decide to become an activist?’ ” he once said. “My response to the question is that I was an activist long before I became an artist. They both service each other, but the activism is first.”
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The GREAT Harry Belafonte may be THE most under-rated civil rights leader.
“I’ve often responded to queries that ask, ‘When as an artist did you decide to become an activist?’ ” he once said. “My response to the question is that I was an activist long before I became an artist. They both service each other, but the activism is first.”
The GREAT Harry Belafonte may be THE most under-rated civil rights leader.
And movie star.
And Broadway star.
And music star.
And probably any every thing else he touched.
He was a truly great, great person.