Harry Belafonte on Race, Arts, and America

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Recorded: March 16, 2015
    Harry Belafonte exposed America to world music and has spent his life challenging and overturning racial barriers. He played a key role in the civil rights movement, including the 1963 March on Washington, led in the development of the Grammy-winning song “We are the World,” and was active in efforts to end apartheid in South Africa and obtain the release Nelson Mandela. He recently founded the Sankofa Justice & Equity Fund, a non-profit social justice organization that utilizes the power of culture and celebrity in partnership with activism.
    Belafonte discusses his lifetime of art and service, and explores the unique power of the arts to address the political issues that trouble us today.

Комментарии • 54

  • @1mctous
    @1mctous 8 лет назад +32

    I am only disappointed by the very low number of views. Tens of millions will watch the latest pop trash of the day but only 4000 will watch and listen to this great mind?

    • @stifflick
      @stifflick 8 лет назад +3

      post it to FB, share it !

    • @jimbecarroll5780
      @jimbecarroll5780 Год назад

      Well you know why that is. It's the purposeful dumbing down of American culture and it's inhabitants

    • @albevargiu
      @albevargiu Год назад

      America mi dispiace così tanto in paese abbiamo hello assassina so bene cosa fa eccome

    • @ViolaRichbergGray
      @ViolaRichbergGray Год назад

      I have watched so much love and knowledge Mr B has given to the world LOVE 😢LOVE ❤❤❤
      I’m 75🙌🏾🙏🏾

    • @lucidlioness3253
      @lucidlioness3253 Год назад

      How dreadful

  • @berylmorgan8482
    @berylmorgan8482 Год назад +10

    Harry Belafonte was my cousin..I grew up hearing about his many good deeds..from the hills of Alexandria, St Ann..i am proud to say he is a member of my family
    May he rest in the Embrace of the Most High! ❤🙏👏❤️

  • @jean4578
    @jean4578 7 лет назад +9

    My mum talked about "harry" we are British my mum loved Harry Belafonte and the Ink Spots and The Mills Brothers

  • @paulgleitman7754
    @paulgleitman7754 8 лет назад +21

    A giant of a man.

  • @MsQuietPassion
    @MsQuietPassion 9 лет назад +12

    Really appreciate Mr. Belafonte's contribution to society and humankind. However, I am concerned about the seating used in this interview to accommodate his age and stage for an hour long conversation. Was the chair his choice? #SetDesign #CulturalArts #HarryBelafonte #Discussion

  • @bertonilsmith3657
    @bertonilsmith3657 9 лет назад +22

    got so much love and respect for this brother

  • @AndrewsOpinion15
    @AndrewsOpinion15 8 лет назад +11

    happy 89th birthday harold george harry belafonte !!!!

  • @jimbecarroll5780
    @jimbecarroll5780 Год назад +6

    America had some very embarrassing citizens there and still do. And they considered themselves superior and knowing better than ANY person of African descent; but look at the way they showed WHO they were and Some still ARE. So sad how they wanted to deny greatness to someone who IS

  • @chinweofoleta4279
    @chinweofoleta4279 Год назад +14

    A day before his 7:44 departure was announced, his song kept coming to my head and I will sing and dance it. The next day a neighbor texted me about his passing a day before. My heart dropped how much I am connected to his vision and work. May the Lord accept you in his bosom of Angels.
    May your soul rest in peace Mr. Belafonte. ❤😊😢

  • @charliegirl3056
    @charliegirl3056 2 года назад +10

    I thought they could have given him a more comfortable chair given his age, and a glass for his water

  • @nzingashani2566
    @nzingashani2566 3 года назад +31

    Harry Belafonte is and had been a significant gift to America and to the world. The sad regret is that not enough Americans and more people across the world have not experienced Harry Belafonte more fully. He is a phenomenal human being. I wish I could have met and spoken to him on a one-on one basis. He is truly brilliant, thoughtful, perceptive and kind.

  • @eddasimon1427
    @eddasimon1427 3 года назад +18

    Great artist, activist and MAN🌹❤️🍀

  • @ma9081-l4y
    @ma9081-l4y 2 года назад +14

    What an incredible story ❤️

  • @donaldtemchack7751
    @donaldtemchack7751 Год назад +7

    Thank you Harry for your service, your work in the arts and especially in your work for a free and just Democracy for all.
    I agree with your take on where we had gotten in racism and freedom.
    I noticed the positive changes during my childhood and was proud to see it moving in that direction. But now I see that it has been turned around in a negative direction and it upsets me. Now I am doing what you did during your lifetime and try to become involved. It will get better because more people want that than those who don't.

    • @kalmia01
      @kalmia01 Год назад +1

      Become involved as you say is the most important thing we all could and must do, following the foosteps of the best ones, as Belafonte, one man of great culture, wisdom, humanity and intelligence, and I'm sure this was his greatest dream and hope, seeing more and more people involved to get this human world better than we found it. It is striking to think about we are a global community, nothing is achieved truly by a single person alone, nothing truly can be achieved by even the grestest effort by only a few enlightened people, while on contrary, everything could be achieved to make society equal with just little efforts by the vast majority of us, if not all.

  • @troymcclain9370
    @troymcclain9370 9 лет назад +27

    "Artist are the gatekeepers of truth, they are civilizations anchor the compass for humanity's conscience." I LOVE IT

    • @rebeccagandi5301
      @rebeccagandi5301 2 года назад +1

      Thanks God Harry you still living a long time now..

  • @aharris8684
    @aharris8684 4 года назад +13

    My Spirit was renewed by listening to his journey. What a Great! Friend we have in Mr. Harry Belafonte. A Great! Friend.

  • @dianebuffalohead9059
    @dianebuffalohead9059 7 лет назад +17

    what a great mind

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 8 лет назад +24

    I love this man! Truly one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century and now too!

  • @WiiNV
    @WiiNV Год назад +5

    😥 RIP 🕊️

  • @kalmia01
    @kalmia01 Год назад +4

    I could listen to him forever😍

  • @dorishermandad8656
    @dorishermandad8656 Год назад +2

    Oooh! MARAVILLOSO!!
    Amo la vida,la o.bra y el arte de Harry Belafonte.
    Les suplico,por favor, publiquen sus entrevistas con subtítulos en español 🙏

  • @paulmartin3138
    @paulmartin3138 Год назад +2

    Harry B was indeed a powerhouse for justice...and, of course, his music is awesome. I also deeply admire his sustained engagement to JAMAICA - 'island in the sun', land we love!😅😢

  • @angeliquewildbolz7072
    @angeliquewildbolz7072 7 лет назад +8

    I am so proud of you and grateful I met you! - Angelina from Stockholm

  • @rochellewarren6219
    @rochellewarren6219 Год назад +3

    💜💥💥💥💥💥

  • @chevydude658
    @chevydude658 7 лет назад +12

    Harry Belafonte is such a class act. I would love to be able to emulate his gentlemanly qualities. Also, I wouldn't mind looking as good as he does at 89. My dad was a little jealous of him because my Moms thought he was so handsome. LOL!

  • @HhEeAaDd
    @HhEeAaDd 3 года назад +2

    What a horrible job the interviewer did with the questions I really wanted to hear the first 2 🤦🏽‍♂️ at least he got to answer the 1st question.

  • @hildanavarro9379
    @hildanavarro9379 Год назад +2

    Loved This Interview 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🌹❤️🌹❤️

  • @GDSprodify
    @GDSprodify 4 года назад +9

    Harry Belafonte is Not African-American, He is a Black American, But He is West-Indian American, Caribbean-American or Jamaican-American.
    Lovely Interview Though Black and African-American Are Not Interchangeable.

    • @GDSprodify
      @GDSprodify 2 года назад

      @@deeprose115 I Assume You Call Americans British Too, No?

    • @ice9arctican543
      @ice9arctican543 2 года назад

      @@GDSprodify The British, the Chinese, the Norwegians, the Nazis - if anyone is a Homo Sapiens, they are African.
      Basic evolutionary biology.

    • @paulettemiranda5296
      @paulettemiranda5296 Год назад +6

      Harry was an incredible human being and a fighter for all .

  • @kahlilking880
    @kahlilking880 Год назад +2

    Much appreciated,great man!.

  • @RonCarterBassist
    @RonCarterBassist 5 месяцев назад +1

    🙏🏾

  • @jazzpoppy1
    @jazzpoppy1 Год назад +1

    B

  • @christianegonbarnthaler1426
    @christianegonbarnthaler1426 6 лет назад +3

    super 1

  • @lelamahsuri8241
    @lelamahsuri8241 4 года назад +2

    Enjoyed the nature series of show thanks RUclips.

  • @desirealamb2496
    @desirealamb2496 7 месяцев назад

    Stop putting these black men on a pedestal when they are worst then they protest against. Or race how ever you look at it

  • @BillAmanda-e1o
    @BillAmanda-e1o 20 дней назад

    Perez Kimberly Davis Eric Clark George

  • @monadugas9113
    @monadugas9113 2 года назад +1

    Earths kitt said Harry said a black woman can do nothing for his career. He was a black man who wanted to be white. That’s the worst kind of black man.

    • @mazieford5156
      @mazieford5156 Год назад +1

      I think you have misunderstood, what he meant by, that statement, he’s the blackest man you will ever meet, ponder thatstament

    • @monadugas9113
      @monadugas9113 Год назад

      @@mazieford5156 He’s biracial.Ponder that.