My Song A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance
- 17 May 2012
- 9780857865861
- £14.99
- 480 pp
- 135×214mm
- 17 May 2012
- 9780857865885
- £11.99
- 480 pp
In a few words
Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte
In a few words
An electrifying memoir by one of the most influential and remarkable activists of the last 50 years
A gorgeous account of the large life of a Harlem boy
Garrison Keillor
New York TimesIt isn't just the story of man, but the story of a country and a century
A gorgeous account of the large life of a Harlem boy
Garrison Keillor
New York TimesA potent memoir of our times
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Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Schnayerson, My Song is an inspiring story of performance and protest, from a superstar singer and actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory.
Along the way, he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century, from Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando and Sidney Poitier to Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fidel Castro, James Baldwin, Bob Dylan and Nelson Mandela. From his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica, through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star, provocative crossover into Hollywood where he broke down many racial barriers, passionate lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and myriad other social causes, to his personal struggles and rich friendships, this is a remarkable, multifaceted and hugely inspirational story.
“A man whose story should be told for generations to come” (Robert Redford)
More about
the book
Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Schnayerson, My Song is an inspiring story of performance and protest, from a superstar singer and actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory.Along the way, he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century, from pals he met in acting class (Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Walter Matthau) to Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fidel Castro, James Baldwin, Bob Dylan and Nelson Mandela.From his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica, through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star, provocative crossover into Hollywood where he broke down many racial barriers, passionate lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and myriad other social causes, to his personal struggles and rich friendships, this is a remarkable, multifaceted and hugely inspirational story by ‘a man whose story should be told for generations to come’ (Robert Redford).
A potent memoir of our times
Somewhere amid the accounts of when he became the first artist to sell a million copies of an album, the first black leading actor to romance a white leading actress in a major Hollywood film, and the man who was asked to pick out the clothes that Martin Luther King would be buried in, you realize just how extraordinary Harry Belafonte's life has been . . . Not only a capitaving memoir of his own story but an intriguing look at US history from the late '40s the present
Bracingly opinionated autobiography from an American original
Carries us liltingly along with his song that the best times always lie ahead as long as we take care of each other
Somewhere amid the accounts of when he became the first artist to sell a million copies of an album, the first black leading actor to romance a white leading actress in a major Hollywood film, and the man who was asked to pick out the clothes that Martin Luther King would be buried in, you realize just how extraordinary Harry Belafonte's life has been . . . Not only a capitaving memoir of his own story but an intriguing look at US history from the late '40s the present
Bracingly opinionated autobiography from an American original
Carries us liltingly along with his song that the best times always lie ahead as long as we take care of each other
A celebration of singer, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte.Moving and enlightening as it serves up a crash-course in 20th-century history . . .
