Harry Belafonte

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March 27, 2013
OPINION - Is there a leadership crisis in black America? A new poll suggests African-Americans think so...
March 22, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Hudson performed three songs at the event, earning a standing ovation from the crowd of…
March 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While many Americans considered the late Hugo Chavez to be an authoritarian dictator and foe of the…
January 30, 2013
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte on Tuesday urged leaders in the black…
December 14, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - When Harry Belafonte asked Common to participate in a benefit concert in support of freeing Native…
December 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Singer and social activist Harry Belafonte went on MSNBC's 'Politics Nation' last night, hosted by Al Sharpton,…
November 15, 2012
Hundreds of invited guests took seats in the auditorium, and after a brief intro by Angela Bassett, the Schomburg screened…
August 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé's spokesperson has released 'an abbreviated list of the unselfish work Beyoncé has done and continues to…
August 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Belafonte's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement are numerous -- including financially assisting Dr. Martin Luther King,…
July 10, 2012
OPINION - To be sure, making over-the-top statements is Bill Maher’s shtick. But sometimes it reminds you of the white…
June 20, 2012
SLIDESHOW - This year marks the seventh anniversary of June being recognized as National Caribbean American Heritage Month.
March 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Dance Theatre of Harlem's Vision Gala reinforced the esteemed dance company's vow to return after an…
February 26, 2012
SLIDESHOW - 'The Hurt Locker''s Anthony Mackie is just one member of a large community of black actors who have…
January 14, 2012
VIDEO - Most everyone knows the story of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., but few who didn't know him personally,…
October 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - What do Kerry Washington, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte and Paul Abdul all have in common?...
October 18, 2011
VIDEO - Kristin Clifford, a publicist and producer for Planned Television Arts, insists that Belafonte wasn't napping but simply waiting…
October 17, 2011
In an absorbing new memoir, 'My Song', as well as an HBO documentary, 'Sing Your Song,' Belafonte recounts a life…
October 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - At 84, Harry Belafonte doesn't sing publicly anymore. But today his music is no less rich…
October 11, 2011
The legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte lambasted Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as a 'bad apple'...
October 5, 2011
Harry Belafonte was a disarmingly handsome sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, a rare black leading man who challenged…