Belafonte An Unauthorized Biography Author:Arnold Shaw The first full-length life story of the most popular and talented ballad singer of our time. In spite of an underprivileged childhood, a broken home, limited education, complex emotional difficulties, and the obstacles of prejudice and discrimination, Belafonte has fought his way to the top of the entertainment world, to independent wealth, and ... more »to world-wide fame...
It is difficult to realize that Belafonte's career is only ten years old...
Among these, Belafonte stands forth as "the artist par excellence of the American era of integration."« less