I'm called a folk singer, and I'm not too sure about that. I went about my life approaching music not from the point of view of a singer, but from the point of view of an actor. That's how I first started to sing.
Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience. - Harry Belafonte
Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.
- Harry Belafonte
As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on. - Harry Belafonte
As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.
Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay… - Harry Belafonte
Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay…
In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children. - Harry Belafonte
In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.
I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon socia… - Harry Belafonte
I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon socia…
When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we're on a rol… - Harry Belafonte
When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we're on a rol…
We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees - Harry Belafonte
We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees
The human spirit is resilient and truth - no matter how long you abuse it and how long you try to crush it - will, as Dr. King would say, rise up aga… - Harry Belafonte
The human spirit is resilient and truth - no matter how long you abuse it and how long you try to crush it - will, as Dr. King would say, rise up aga…
Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development. - Harry Belafonte
Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.
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