Harry Belafonte—Using art for good | Ep 25 Stories of Resistance

The Real News Podcast · Apr 25, 2025 · 6m

Harry Belafonte. The King of Calypso. Incredible singer and actor. He performed in more than a dozen movies throughout his career. But above all else, he was an activist. A fighter against racism and oppression, in the United States and around the world.

Belafonte joined the Civil Rights Movement. He marched alongside Martin Luther King. And he remained active into his 90s, working for prison reform, denouncing the Iraq War, George W. Bush, Trump and so much more. Harry Belafonte passed away on April 25, 2023.

This is episode 25 of Stories of Resistance — a podcast co-produced by The Real…