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Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist

In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights.

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Actors and Actresses, Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), Deaths (Obituaries), Folk Music, Movies, Music, Pop and Rock Music, Race and Ethnicity, West Indian-Americans
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