Learn about the calypso legend Harry Belafonte

1. Ho n o r in g A
C a r ib b e a n A me r ic a n
Legend…
Harold “Harry” Belafonte, Jr.

2. Harold George (Harry) Belafonte, Jr.
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March 1, 1927 – present

3. King of Calypso
Photo Credit: Harry
Belafonte Calypso
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Singer, songwriter, actor
and social activist
Jamaican mother and Martiniquan father

4. From Mento to Calypso
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Popularized Calypso music, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago.
Famous “Banana Boat Song” (with signature lyric “Day-O”) was based
on a 1954 recording by Jamaican folk singer Louise Bennett.

5. Humanitarian and Activist
Photo Credit: Poitier Belafonte
Heston Civil Rights March 1963
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Supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, along with Sidney Poitier.
Confidant to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Campaigned against apartheid, and later HIV/AIDS, in South Africa.
Vocally opposed policies of President G.W. Bush’s administration.

6. H A R R Y B E L A F O N TE …
O ne M o re R e a s o n to
C e le b r a t e J U N E