Harry Belafonte, the Lion at 80

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	Harry Belafonte, the Lion at 80

zasel

3-8-2007 2:23 AM

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zasel says:

This article by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now sums up Mr. Belafonte's political agenda beautifully. I could only highlight a couple of paragraphs, but I urge you to read the entire piece about this outstanding gentleman.

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3-8-2007 4:06 PM

dfiskey

in the jungle is such a classic song

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	   Belafonte was a close confidant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He spoke daily with King. The FBI was listening. Taylor Branch, the award-winning author of a trilogy of books on King, was at Harry’s party. Belafonte describes how Branch’s final book in the trilogy, “At Canaan’s Edge,” uncovered extensive FBI wiretaps of their conversations. 
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	   Like the two stone lions that guard the New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte—fierce, fearless and focused—protects the soul of struggle. Even as he enters his ninth decade, this lion does not sleep tonight.
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