My favorite Belafonte story was that, after the murder of 3 civil rights workers in Mississippi, the NAACP asked Belafonte and Sidney Poitier to help the workers financially.
Poitier offered to wire the money but Belafonte told him there was no way that money would ever be seen again if they tried that. So the two most famous Black artists of the day flew to deep Mississippi and, in the middle of the night, with lights off to evade Klansmen and police, drove $50,000 to the local NAACP chapter. And then did it again the next time they were asked for help
dbradx on April 26th, 2023 at 19:30 UTC »
Fucking legendary.
Techguy1970 on April 26th, 2023 at 19:31 UTC »
I can only think of one other place better suited to whip with the confederate flag.
Pointlesswonder802 on April 26th, 2023 at 21:55 UTC »
My favorite Belafonte story was that, after the murder of 3 civil rights workers in Mississippi, the NAACP asked Belafonte and Sidney Poitier to help the workers financially.
Poitier offered to wire the money but Belafonte told him there was no way that money would ever be seen again if they tried that. So the two most famous Black artists of the day flew to deep Mississippi and, in the middle of the night, with lights off to evade Klansmen and police, drove $50,000 to the local NAACP chapter. And then did it again the next time they were asked for help