Becoming Belafonte : black artist, public radical / by Judith E. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Judith E., 1948- author.

Series:

Discovering America series.

Discovering America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023.

Belafonte, Harry.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

Musicians, Black--United States--Biography.

Musicians, Black.

Actors, Black--United States--Biography.

Actors, Black.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A son of poor Jamaican immigrants who grew up in Depression-era Harlem, Harry Belafonte became the first black performer to gain artistic control over the representation of African Americans in commercial television and film. Forging connections with an astonishing array of consequential players on the American scene in the decades following World War II -- from Paul Robeson to Ed Sullivan, John Kennedy to Stokely Carmichael -- Belafonte established his place in American culture as a hugely popular singer, matinee idol, internationalist, and champion of civil rights, black pride, and black power. --Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. From Harlem, Jamaica, and the Segregated Navy to New York City's Interracial Left-Wing Culture, 1927-1948""; ""2. Black Left, White Stage, Cold War: Moving into the Spotlight, 1949-1954""; ""3. Multimedia Stardom and the Struggle for Racial Equality, 1955-1960""; ""4. Storming the Gates: Producing Film and Television, 1957-1970""; ""Afterword""; ""Abbreviations for Notes""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-76733-1

OCLC:

891081341