National Civil Rights Museum: Harry Belafonte Was A “Compassionate Activist”

Topics

• “Tonight with Harry Belafonte”
• 1999 Freedom Award honoree
• American Civil Rights Movement
• Black Star News
• first Black American to reach the top of the Billboard
• iconic Calypso musical hit
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
• Passing of Harry Belafonte
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
• The National Civil Rights Museum