March 1, 1927 – Harry Belafonte
Singer, an actor, producer, songwriter and social activist, Harry Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in New York City.
Belafonte set musical records with the highest selling album by a single artist in 1956, Calypso sold over a million albums. Belafonte became the first African American to win an Emmy on June 20, 1960. He has also 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.