African American Film and Civil Rights History Harry Belafonte Performance and Screen Career Photographs, 1957–1964
Anonymous photographs of Harry Belafonte, produced 1957–1964, document the intersection of African American performance, film, and civil rights visibility during a period of expanding Black representation in American media. Belafonte, a Harlem-born singer, actor, and activist, gained national prominence through the popularization of Caribbean folk music and calypso in mainstream.....
