Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.

invasion of Grenada; praising the Abraham Lincoln Brigade; honoring Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and praising Fidel Castro. [citation needed] During the 1960s he appeared on TV specials alongside such artists as Julie Andrews Petula Clark Lena Horne and Nana Mouskouri. He bailed King out of Birmingham City Jail and raised thousands of dollars to release other civil rights protesters.

Bush administration. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Harold George "Harry" Belafonte Jr.