Nows and Forevers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/04/25/harry-belafonte-dies-appreciation-haygood/

We lost a giant this week: Harry Belafonte.

I grew up in the ’70s and ’80s and knew Belafonte not as a singer or an actor but as a civil rights activist and a force for good. (I thank my mom for telling me about him.)

But even I, knowing some of the story, realize the entire scope of Harry Belafonte.

Wow.

I would recommend reading any of the long obituaries, because they tell of an amazing life.

One of the best was written by Wil Haywood and published this week in The Washington Post:

“So, let us remember Harry Belafonte not for Hollywood, but for Selma, and his epic and ongoing role in trying to push a racially-haunted nation forward.”

I agree.