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DESCRIPTION: KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents\n\nHARRY BELAFONTE in person\n“My Song” 
 \nHosted by Davey D (KPFA host of Hard Knock)\nplus tributes by 
 Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Dr. Raye Richardson, Blanche Richardson, Dr. 
 Mona Scott, Al Young \n\nFrom a poverty-stricken childhood in Harlem and 
 Jamaica, Harry Belafonte rose to become one of the world’s most popular 
 singers, a film star, and a lifelong passionate social activist in the 
 civil rights movement and numerous other humanitarian causes. Among his 
 friends along the way were Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Robeson, Sidney Poitier, 
 John F. Kennedy, Marlon Brando, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, 
 Fidel Castro, and Danny Glover.\n\n“My Song” is the inspiring 
 autobiography of this unique artist and activist—the first singer in 
 history to sell over 1 million records (Calypso), a winner of Broadway’s 
 Tony Award, the first black producer in television (for which he won an 
 Emmy, the first African-American to do so), and Oscar nominations for 
 Carmen Jones.  After being appointed by President John Kennedy cultural 
 advisor to the Peace Corps, Belafonte served five years. He was also 
 prominent in working for the release of his friend Nelson Mandela, and 
 ending the apartheid government in South Africa. He was one of Martin 
 Luther King’s closest confidantes and strongest supporters. In 1987 he 
 accepted the appointment as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.  He has been 
 honored by many diverse groups including the NAACP, the ACLU, the American 
 Jewish Congress and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. He 
 received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for excellence in the 
 performing arts, and in 1994 the National Medal of Arts from President 
 Clinton. Now 84, he remains an outspoken \nprogressive critic of U.S. 
 foreign policy. \n\nCongresswoman Barbara Lee is the Democratic 
 Representative for CA District 9.\nBlanche Richardson is the proprietor of 
 Marcus Books in Oakland.\nDr. Raye Richardson is the co-founder & owner of 
 Marcus Books, Oakland & S.F.\nDr. Mona Scott is the owner of Black 
 Repertory Theatre in Berkeley\nAl Young, poet and author, was recently 
 California Poet Laureate\n\n$15 advance tickets: 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/197066 :: 800-838-3006  or Marcus 
 Books, Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s Books, 
 Walden Pond, DIESEL a Bookstore,  SF: Marcus Books, Modern Times Books, 
 \n($18 door)  Benefits  KPFA Radio  94.1FM\nInformation: 
 www.kpfa.org/events \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/11/18689966.php
SUMMARY:Harry Belafonte in person “My Song” with tributes by Barbara Lee and others
LOCATION:First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/11/18689966.php
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