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Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a dynamic force in the civil rights movement, died Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 96.
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New York Times: The singer went on to become a dynamic force in the civil rights movement.
NBC is celebrating the comedian and actor with a special, "Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love."
Belafonte had a Jewish grandfather, and his life frequently dovetailed with Jewish causes, values and people.
In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights.