Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, born Harold George Belafonte Jr. on March 1, 1927, in Harlem, New York, is a highly acclaimed musician, actor, and social activist. Belafonte is of Jamaican descent and spent his early years in poverty in Jamaica before returning to New York with his mother at the age of 13. Belafonte served in the…