The Dual Lives of Harry Belafonte: Activism and Personal Ties to MLK Jr. and Atlanta.
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Harry Belafonte, the famous Black actor and singer, died at the age of 96. Belafonte was deeply committed to human and civil rights and became a major financial supporter of the civil rights movement and Atlanta’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference after meeting Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s. He enlisted his Hollywood friends to offer support through donations, appearances or concerts. Belafonte would spend parts of his personal fortune to bail King and other activists out of jail, pay hospital bills, buy food or keep the lights on another month.
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