Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was an iconic American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music globally in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming the first single artist to sell a million LP with his album 'Calypso'. He was a key figure in the civil rights movement, a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, and broke racial barriers in film and music while earning numerous accolades including a Tony, Emmy, two Grammys, and the National Medal of Arts.