Harry Belafonte

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Date of birth:01. 03. 1927
Date of death:25. 04. 2023
Age:96† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1980s
State:District of Columbia
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Harry Belafonte

Biography

Harry Belafonte was arrested with four other demonstrators at the South African Embassy during the Free South Africa Movement’s daily civil-disobedience campaign.

Photo credit

Belafonte and Robinson at Youth March: 1958, Washington Area Spark Flickr archive. Portrait crop from the documentary photograph; used with permission.

Case

Charges: Demonstrating within 500 feet of an embassy
Arrested: Jan 31, 1985
Sentence: The arrest resulted in jail processing or brief detention; federal prosecutors generally declined to prosecute these embassy cases.

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