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Birth Name:
Harold George Belafonete, Jr. (Harry Belafonte)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, US
Birth Date:
March 1, 1927
Race or Ethnicity:
Afro-Caribbean American
The American entertainer and activist was born to Harold George Belafonte, Sr. from the Caribbean island of Martinique and Malvine Belafonte a woman originally from Jamaica.
Belafonte was sent to boarding school in Jamaica until his return to the US for high school.
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Harry Belafonte”s grandmother was half white and half black and his grandfather was white.
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hmm interesting info, do you have a source for that though?
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Mixed one thanks for the comment. an interesting fact.
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Belafonte’s parents were emigrants from the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Jamaica, and he lived with his mother during her 1935–40 return to Jamaica
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