He has been an advocate for various political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He also acts as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues.
Where is Harry Belafonte now?
Belafonte lives in New York City with his third wife, photographer Pamela Frank.
Are Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier friends?
They both studied acting there. They bonded over their mutual desire to do bigger things and their shared West Indian roots. They vowed to work together someday. This was how a long, enduring friendship was formed, as Belafonte recalled Friday, shortly after Poitier’s death at the age of 94.
Was Harry Belafonte part white?
Though Belafonte’s mother was from Jamaica and his father from Martinique, both his mother’s mother and his father’s father (a gentleman named Bellanfanti, from Marseilles) were white.
