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Even two years after his death, Harry Belafonte is everywhere. You can't go to a wedding, or to Yankee stadium, without hearing 'Day-O,' 'Jump in the Line,' or 'Turn the World Around.' The Harlem-born son of Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte turned the folk music of the islands into American pop - and with it invented the fantasy of Caribbean life that endures as an ideal and as a multibillion dollar tourist industry. Belafonte released the first million-selling LP in history. He was America's first Black movie star, the first Black person to produce a primetime special on network TV, and the first to win an Emmy. He was once the highest-paid Black performer of all time, beloved by Black and white fans alike, even under segregation. His artistic career helped create the pop culture of the twentieth century - and his political activism reshaped the course of American history. In this sparkling new biography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro brings Belafonte's personality and music vibrantly to life, following him from rags to riches and from Harlem to Jamaica to the March on Washington. Jelly-Schapiro takes us inside Belafonte's lifelong brotherhood with Sidney Poitier, his friendship with Fidel Castro, his collaboration with Nelson Mandela, and the sometimes-shocking therapeutic relationships his difficult upbringing necessitated. At the heart of the story is Belafonte's bond with Martin Luther King Jr., whose cause Belafonte would champion for the rest of his life. That commitment to the greater good would sustain him and benefit untold numbers - and would come at a cost. The indelible story of an American icon - and a provocative study of authenticity, fame, and conviction - Daylight Come is, like Harry Belafonte himself, brimming with style and consequence.
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Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is a geographer and writer whose books include Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names, Island People: The Caribbean and the World, and with Rebecca Solnit, Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas. His work appears regularly in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, among many other publications. Jelly-Schapiro teaches journalism at New York University and is director of publishing at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, where he hosts the popular Author Talks series.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Even two years after his death, Harry Belafonte is everywhere. You can't go to a wedding, or to Yankee stadium, without hearing 'Day-O,' 'Jump in the Line,' or 'Turn the World Around.' The Harlem-born son of Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte turned the folk music of the islands into American pop - and with it invented the fantasy of Caribbean life that endures as an ideal and as a multibillion dollar tourist industry. Belafonte released the first million-selling LP in history. He was America's first Black movie star, the first Black person to produce a primetime special on network TV, and the first to win an Emmy. He was once the highest-paid Black performer of all time, beloved by Black and white fans alike, even under segregation. His artistic career helped create the pop culture of the twentieth century - and his political activism reshaped the course of American history. In this sparkling new biography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro brings Belafonte's personality and music vibrantly to life, following him from rags to riches and from Harlem to Jamaica to the March on Washington. Jelly-Schapiro takes us inside Belafonte's lifelong brotherhood with Sidney Poitier, his friendship with Fidel Castro, his collaboration with Nelson Mandela, and the sometimes-shocking therapeutic relationships his difficult upbringing necessitated. At the heart of the story is Belafonte's bond with Martin Luther King Jr., whose cause Belafonte would champion for the rest of his life. That commitment to the greater good would sustain him and benefit untold numbers - and would come at a cost. The indelible story of an American icon - and a provocative study of authenticity, fame, and conviction - Daylight Come is, like Harry Belafonte himself, brimming with style and consequence. Seller Inventory # 00108887648
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Even two years after his death, Harry Belafonte is everywhere. You can't go to a wedding, or to Yankee stadium, without hearing 'Day-O,' 'Jump in the Line,' or 'Turn the World Around.' The Harlem-born son of Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte turned the folk music of the islands into American pop - and with it invented the fantasy of Caribbean life that endures as an ideal and as a multibillion dollar tourist industry. Belafonte released the first million-selling LP in history. He was America's first Black movie star, the first Black person to produce a primetime special on network TV, and the first to win an Emmy. He was once the highest-paid Black performer of all time, beloved by Black and white fans alike, even under segregation. His artistic career helped create the pop culture of the twentieth century - and his political activism reshaped the course of American history. In this sparkling new biography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro brings Belafonte's personality and music vibrantly to life, following him from rags to riches and from Harlem to Jamaica to the March on Washington. Jelly-Schapiro takes us inside Belafonte's lifelong brotherhood with Sidney Poitier, his friendship with Fidel Castro, his collaboration with Nelson Mandela, and the sometimes-shocking therapeutic relationships his difficult upbringing necessitated. At the heart of the story is Belafonte's bond with Martin Luther King Jr., whose cause Belafonte would champion for the rest of his life. That commitment to the greater good would sustain him and benefit untold numbers - and would come at a cost. The indelible story of an American icon - and a provocative study of authenticity, fame, and conviction - Daylight Come is, like Harry Belafonte himself, brimming with style and consequence. Seller Inventory # CIN0593652703G
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "Daylight Come takes us to places no biography in recent memory has . . . This book fills the heart and mind, and is essential reading for our times." -Hilton AlsA vibrant, revealing portrait of the "King of Calypso," whose extraordinary performing career and activism helped remake America through the civil rights era and beyondEven three years after his death, Harry Belafonte is everywhere. You can't go to a wedding, or to a sports arena, without hearing "Day-O," "Jump in the Line," or "Jamaica Farewell." The Harlem-born son of Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte turned the folk music of the islands into American pop-and shaped the fantasy of Caribbean life that endures as an ideal and as a multibillion-dollar tourist industry. Belafonte released the first million-selling LP in history. He was America's first Black movie star, the first Black person to produce a prime-time special on network TV, and the first to win an Emmy Award. He was once the highest-paid Black performer of all time, beloved by Black and white fans alike, even under segregation. His artistic career helped create the pop culture of the twentieth century-and his political activism reshaped the course of American history.In this sparkling new biography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro brings Belafonte's personality and music vibrantly to life, following him from rags to riches and from Harlem to Jamaica to the March on Washington. Jelly-Schapiro takes us inside Belafonte's lifelong brotherhood with Sidney Poitier, his friendship with Fidel Castro, his collaboration with Nelson Mandela, and the sometimes shocking therapeutic relationships his difficult upbringing necessitated. At the heart of the story is Belafonte's bond with Martin Luther King Jr., whose cause Belafonte would champion for the rest of his life. That commitment to the greater good would sustain him and benefit untold numbers-and would come at a cost.The indelible story of an American icon-and a provocative study of authenticity, fame, and conviction-Daylight Come is, like Harry Belafonte himself, brimming with style and consequence. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780593652701
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