June 20, 1960 – Harry Belafonte Wins An Emmy
Harry Belafonte became the first African American to win an Emmy on June 20, 1960. Belafonte is a singer, an actor, producer, songwriter and social activist. He set musical records with the highest selling album by a single artist in 1956, Calypso sold over a million albums.
In addition to the Emmy, he has won a Tony Award, Academy Award, three Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.![By U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 - ca. 1978) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Harry Belafonte Civil Rights March 1963](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Harry_Belafonte_Civil_Rights_March_1963.jpg/512px-Harry_Belafonte_Civil_Rights_March_1963.jpg)
Harry Belafonte at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, DC
Harry Belafonte being interviewed backstage during the screening “Sing Your Song” by Occupy TVNY on October 30, 2011.