I delighted in the music of Africa, the earliest of the slave plantation songs, the transformation into Christianity and all that Christianity brought to the lives of the Africans who were forced to come to America. Harry Belafonte More Quotes by Harry Belafonte More Quotes From Harry Belafonte Wherever I found resistance to oppression, whether in Africa, in Latin America, certainly here in America in the South, I joined that resistance. I took part in the labor movement, in social movements, in the church community. I felt that it was the honorable thing to do and still do. Harry Belafonte community latin america From the point of view of the poor, the hungry, the disenfranchised, the wretched of the Earth... there will never be peace until their condition has been alleviated and until their humanity is in full bloom. Harry Belafonte humanity earth views I think there's a lot that the larger society could have been taught or can be taught, but I'm not sure - given how unyielding the larger society has been - that much has been learned. Harry Belafonte unyielding taught thinking Not since the early days of the civil rights movement has America been given an opportunity as great as the opportunity we have now. It's one thing for us to avenge our pain, our anger, and our rage by targeting bin Laden and a handful of men who have wrought this villainy. But one should be wise enough to ask, What fueled all this? What continues to sustain the possibility that this will not go away? I think the answer is poverty. Harry Belafonte pain wise men Pop culture has none of the vibrancy that you find in the folk culture, where people speak directly to their own experience in the human condition. Harry Belafonte vibrancy culture people I didn't like The Wiz and it wasn't because black people were doing it. I didn't like The Wiz because it was a badly made movie off a classic. Why are you remaking something unless you have something better in mind? Harry Belafonte black mind people The Catholic Church had strict racial attitudes and intolerance for anybody who was not Catholic. When I look at a lot of Black ministers and what went on in the Black church, I was more caught up with those who were in Cadillacs and shiny suits than I was with those who were Kingian in their style. Harry Belafonte catholic black attitude I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community. Harry Belafonte supportive community israel More than once my mother would point out: "Harry Belafonte is the best-looking man on the planet." Harry Belafonte planets mother men I don't think that (U.S. President) George Bush...is a man of honor. Harry Belafonte honor men thinking The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail. Harry Belafonte jail guy world You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel. Harry Belafonte arrested Hitler had a lot of Jews high up in the hierarchy of the Third Reich. Color does not necessarily denote quality, content or value. If a black is a tyrant, he is first and foremost a tyrant, then he incidentally is black. Bush is a tyrant and if he gathers around him black tyrants, they all have to be treated as they are being treated. Harry Belafonte tyrants black color I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell. Harry Belafonte faults style country I think that they [Bush Administration] are men who are possessed of evil. Harry Belafonte evil men thinking John say's it's James who started first, James tells the story in reverse. I drag my belt from off me waist, you should have heard dem screaming round de place. Harry Belafonte family should-have stories I come from a sense of struggle, a sense of using the instruments that were given to me to manipulate the environment in which I found myself, and joined up with those who are equally as skillful at manipulating that environment, as was I. Harry Belafonte environment given struggle Carmen Jones was the first all-Negro film that became a great box-office success. It established the fact that pictures with Negro artists, pictures dealing with the folklore of Negro life, were commercially feasible. This was a sign of growth that had occurred in the United States and throughout the world. Harry Belafonte growth office artist I'm very familiar with poverty. I find it easy to be with, whether I'm in America or in Africa or in Asia. Wherever I go and find the environment of those who are living in poverty and resisting poverty is a great in which I have great comfort. Harry Belafonte asia comfort america The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder to think what these greedy men will eventually do to this true art form. Harry Belafonte men art thinking
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