Thursday, November 6, 2014

Harry Belafonte says activism inspired his art

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Harry Belafonte gives the keynote address as the University of Mississippi marking the 50th anniversary of its integration at the Ford Center, in Oxford, Miss. James Meredith integrated the university on Oct. 1, 1962. The film academy is recognizing Belafonte’s lifelong activism with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which he will accept Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at the Governors Awards, in Los Angeles. Belafonte said in a recent interview that he was surprised and moved by the academy’s acknowledgement of his humanitarian work. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Harry Belafonte joins the elite EGOT club — adding an Oscar statuette to an awards cache that already includes an Emmy, Grammy and Tony — he says inspiring social consciousness has always motivated him artistically.








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