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Living Legend
Harry Belafonte
Awarded: April 2000
(b. March 1, 1927)
The acknowledged “King of Calypso,” Harry Belafonte is one of the most successful African-American pop stars in history. His talent and masterful assimilation of folk, jazz and worldbeat rhythms allowed him to achieve a level of mainstream prominence and crossover popularity virtually unparalleled in the days before the advent of the civil rights movement–a cultural uprising which he helped spearhead.
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- The Performing Arts Reading Room at the Library of Congress
Last Updated: 05/13/2009