Bibliograph

Becoming Belafonte, black artist, public radical, by Judith E. Smith

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Becoming Belafonte, black artist, public radical, by Judith E. Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-331) and index (pages 333-352)

resource.biographical

individual biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Becoming Belafonte

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

872561873

Responsibility statement

by Judith E. Smith

Series statement

Discovering America

Sub title

black artist, public radical

Summary

A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation of African Americans in commercial television and film. Forging connections with an astonishing array of consequential players on the American scene in the decades following World War II -- from Paul Robeson to Ed Sullivan, John Kennedy to Stokely Carmichael -- Belafonte established his place in American culture as a hugely popular singer, matinee idol, internationalist, and champion of civil rights, black pride, and black power. --Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

From Harlem, Jamaica, and the segregated navy to New York City's interracial left-wing culture, 1927/1948 -- Black left, white stage, Cold War : moving into the spotlight, 1949/1954 -- Multimedia stardom and the struggle for racial equality, 1955/1960 -- Storming the gates : producing film and television, 1957/1970

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