HARRY BELAFONTE BORN IN HARLEM, NEW YORK WAS A SINGER, SONGWRITER, ACTIVIST AND ACTOR WHO AT ONE TIME WAS BLACK BALLED ALONG WITH MANY OF HIS COLLUEGES FROM BEING ABLE TO PERFORM IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN. BECAUSE OF HIS DETERMINATION HE HELPED BREAK DOWN THE WALLS OF RACISM FOR OTHER BLACK ACTORS DURING THAT TIME! HARRY BELAFONTE.