Harry Belafonte | 'Sing Your Song' | HBO

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Run time: 01:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oOQUsu73Jw   Posted on YouTube: June 08, 2010 By YouTube Member: JFKLF Views on YouTube: 1695   Posted on DU: August 10, 2012 By DU Member: MinM Views on DU: 198

 

HBO documentary called 'Sing Your Song' about the life of Harry Belafonte.

It covers his life especially during the early Civil Rights movement.

I never knew this, but he goes onto saying in the documtary that in 1960, MLK was arrested in Atlanta for a traffic stop but they trumped up charges and were going to sentence him to work on the chain gang.

Belafonte and others in the movement went to the 2 running Presidential candidates and Nixon ignored them, while the Kennedys did something. JFK made RFK go down to Atlanta and got MLK out of jail.

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