Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Portrait of American actor and singer Harry Belafonte. Belafonte was known as the "King of Calypso."
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Singer Harry Belafonte in his film debut as Mr. Williams, School Principal, in "Bright Road."
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
American singer and musician Harry Belafonte sings to the camera on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in New York, New York, October 11, 1953.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge in "Carmen Jones."
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
American actor, singer, and composer Harry Belafonte, dressed in a velvet open-collared shirt, performs in front of a group of backup singers in a still from the CBS musical variety special "Three for Tonight," adapted from the broadway production of the same name, January 22, 1955.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Joan Fontaine as Mavis Norman and Harry Belafonte as David Boyeur in "Island In the Sun," directed by Robert Rossen, 1957.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
American Civil Rights and religious leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968) smiles as he hands papers to a group of four men, one of them is musician and Civil Rights activist Harry Belafonte (second right), May 11, 1957.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
American actor and singer Harry Belafonte with his second wife dancer Julie Robinson in Hollywood in August 1957.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Nat King Cole with Harry Belafonte on "The Nat King Cole Show."
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Musician and actor Harry Belafonte and David Belafonte holding a large fish, Lake Mead, Nevada, June 15, 1959.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
A crowd of over 10,000 civil rights marchers gathers in the Manhattan Garment Center as Harry Belafonte sings at spiritual at a civil rights rally.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Actors (left to right) Burt Lancaster, Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Circa 1965: American actor and singer Harry Belafonte with American actor Sidney Poitier at the New York premiere of director George Stevens' film, "The Greatest Story Ever Told," in which Poitier starred, New York City.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
The actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte smiles broadly while marching with National Urban League director Whitney Young (1921 - 1971) and NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981), from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama, March 1965.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Singer Harry Belafonte photographed with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Paris, 1966.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
A movie marquee provides an ironic touch for a memorial march for slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. April 8, 1968. In front row are (left to right) singer Harry Belafonte; King's daughter, Yolande; sons Martin III and Exter; Mrs. King; Rev. Ralph Abernathy; and Rev. Andrew Young. Mrs. King led 10,000 persons in a march through Memphis in memory of her husband, slain a few blocks away by a white sniper.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
(L-R) Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne promotional photo for the Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images special "Harry and Lena."
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Tony Bennett, Coretta Scott King, Dick Gregory and Harry Belafonte backstage during M.L.K Gala at The Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta Georgia, January 13, 1982.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Singer Harry Belafonte and host Johnny Carson on September 9, 1988.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
US First Lady Barbara Bush (right) speaks during a ceremony for 1989 Kennedy Center Honorees in the White House's East Room, Washington DC, December 3, 1989. Pictured are, seated from left, actress and singer Mary Martin (1913 - 1990), dancer Alexandra Danilova (1903 - 1997), singer and actor Harry Belafonte, actress Claudette Colbert (1903 - 1996), and composer William Schuman (1910 - 1992).
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte on the runway in Kenneth Cole, Fall 2005.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte with Ethel Kennedy, Congressman John Lewis, Ambassador Andy Young and Senator Barack H. Obama
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett during Tony Bennett's 80th Birthday Party.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte receives an Honorary Doctor of Music Degree at a concert in his honor, "The Life and Music of Harry Belafonte: A Tribute Concert" at Berklee Performance Center on March 6, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
The Rev. Al Sharpton, Lindo Mandela, Zondwa Mandela, Harry Belafonte, Sharon Robinson, the Rev Jesse Jackson and Rachel Robinson, wife of the late baseball great Jackie Robinson, pose with a plaque memorializing the late South African President Nelson Mandela installed at Monument Park at Yankee Stadium on April 16, 2014 in New York City.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Honoree Harry Belafonte (R) accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from actress Susan Sarandon onstage during the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 2014 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 8, 2014 in Hollywood, California.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte receives the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Glenn Hutchins at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre on September 30, 2014 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Remembering Harry Belafonte through the years
Harry Belafonte, singer-songwriter, actor, and social activist, appeared onstage for the first time on any stage in 12 years, to speak at the Many Rivers Music, Art & Social Justice festival, a two-day event with a star-studded lineup of appearances and performances that was hosted by his Sankofa social justice organization at the Bouckaert Farm in Chattahoochee Hills, GA, USA, on October 2, 2016.