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Critics say important breakthrough overshadowed by contenders’ reluctance to confront systemic racism in US

Jackson will step down as president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a merger of two organizations he founded.

The Caribbean-American singer and actor Harry Belafonte has passed away from congestive heart failure at the age of 96. Although he was well known for songs like Day-O (The Banana Boat song) and Jump In The Line, which earned him the title “King of Calypso”, his music was a vehicle…

Pioneering musician and activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96. Here, Bono remembers a ‘lightbulb moment’ when he came face-to-face

America’s first black superstar’s good looks and sweet calypso sounds allowed him to penetrate the wider public arena – where he tirelessly campaigned for racial equality

Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges

In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Belafonte was at a cocktail party in Manhattan, scolding the then-attorney general of the United States.

Singer, actor and activist who matched his genial persona with political commitment

Harry Belafonte, the superstar entertainer who introduced a Caribbean flair to mainstream US music and became well known for his deep personal investment in civil rights, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 96.