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I am blessing and I'll be doing my presentation on
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Harry Belafonte.
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Harry Belafonte is a Jamaican magician, actor and producer.
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He is 93 years old and would raised in Harlem,
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New York, on March 1st, 1927 Because of his 1959
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TV show, Harry Belafonte became the first African American to
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earn an Amy O Lord.
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Harry Belafonte is known for saying the Banana Boat song
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with his lyrics, Dale.
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In the 19 fifties through the 1960 Harry Belafonte joined
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the civil rights movement.
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He organized marches, collected donation and going his own money
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to help the civil rights movement.
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Over the year years, he was close friends with Martin
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Luther King Jr Harry Belafonte entered the military in 1944
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in order to serve in the Second World War World
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War War.
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But he was never sent.
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He married two times and then married again in 22,008
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with film A Frank and he was, and he also
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has four kids.
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He also has siblings.
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Two. But ask your eyes.
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