Harry Belafonte to endorse Bernie (Per NBC)

[Motown_Johnny]

Edit to add: this is a dupe, sorry. Here is an thread which was started first: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511184059

Andrea Mitchell said it on NBC Nightly News, not many links about it yet.

One is from a RW source so I am not even going to link to it. You can do a search yourself if you want.


South Carolina, here we come!

http://www.biography.com/people/harry-belafonte-12103211


^snip^

Always outspoken, Belafonte found inspiration for his activism from such figures as singer Paul Robeson; writer and activist W. E. B. Du Bois; and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. In the 1950s, Belafonte met civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The pair became good friends, and Belafonte emerged as a strong voice for the civil rights movement. He provided financial backing for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Council and participated in numerous rallies and protests. Belafonte was with King when the civil rights leader gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., and visited with him days before King was assassinated in 1968.




More at link.

[regnaD kciN]

1. I have the greatest respect for Belafonte…

…but, seriously, does anyone under 50 even know who he is?

[left-of-center2012]

2. ... does anyone under 50 even know who he is?

I do !
I do !
Oh wait, I'm 70.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Bernie has the younger crowd already.

This is the type of endorsement that will start to make inroads into the AA community.

This is starting to look like a serious of endorsements that are being rolled out. Ben Jealous endorsed already. That seemed early to me at the time. It wasn't as if it was going to help in New Hampshire.


Now Harry Belafonte, also pretty early considering that South Carolina is after Nevada.


If we get one more big name in the next week it will look even more like a roll out.

[Paulie]

10. I am and do

I have his Carnegie Hall performance on vinyl.

Matilda!

[thereismore]

3. Harry Belafonte is a BFD in my book. What an endorsement. Seriously. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

7. and breakfast in NY with Rev. Sharpton tomorrow... Hmm......

(per MSNBC just now)

[mhatrw]

4. It's a new DAY-O!!! new

[AzDar]

6. Wowser!!

BERNIE!!!

[DaGimpster]

8. Hey I'm 38 and know who is, and enjoy his music :)

[jillan]

9. Awesome!!!!

[Heddi]

11. I'm 40 and know who he is, have several of his albums on my ipod in constant rotation

He is a wonderful humanitarian

[appalachiablue]

12. Belafonte is a legendary artist, civil rights activist and humanitarian. Bravo!

[burrowowl]

13. Love Harry Belafonte!

A great civil rights person and singer!