A silky-smooth voice and commanding presence on stage, along with decades of action to support civil rights. A genuine legend. RIP.
Harry Belafonte Goooooooonneee
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Shamfully, I didn't know about this:
https://jamesfell.substack.com/p/sht-we ... fOTsVrUgOsBelafonte was well known for using his wealth to bankroll both Dr. King and the civil rights movement. He hired a little Cessna to fly himself and Poitier into a small airport near Greenwood, bringing with them $70,000 in cash.
The moment they landed the pilot, knowing how dangerous the situation was, said it’s fuckity bye time and wheels up noped right out of there God be with you best of luck. A car was waiting for the pair. They climbed in and saw headlights across the airfield. Harry said those must be federal agents. The driver said yeah no. That’s the Klan. They wanna kill us.