Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts at the Hay Festival on 5 June 2012.
From his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica, through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star, provocative crossover into Hollywood where he broke down many racial barriers, passionate lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and myriad other social causes, to his personal struggles and rich friendships, this is a remarkable, multifaceted and hugely inspirational story.
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Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Schnayerson, My Song is an inspiring story of performance and protest, from a superstar singer and actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory. Along the way, he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century, from Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando and Sidney Poitier to Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fidel Castro, James Baldwin, Bob Dylan and Nelson Mandela.
My Song : A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
My Song : A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance is available in Paperback
My Song : A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance was written by Harry Belafonte and published by Canongate Books Ltd
My Song : A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance has 469 pages
£13.49
