Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church? — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church had strict racial attitudes and intolerance for anybody who was not Catholic. When I look at a lot of… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Turning against the church I also had to turn against a lot of the teachings of people in my family who were… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Wherever I found resistance to oppression, whether in Africa, in Latin America, certainly here in America in the South, I joined that… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression. — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Each time we arrive at a new level in extricating ourselves from economic, social, spiritual domination, we have a moment when we dance in… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I'm not quite sure precisely when social and political activism became a visible brand of my DNA, but it seems to me that I… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
In poor environment, I find great inspiration. Many of the men and women whom I admire as artists, the things they write, the songs… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I didn't like The Wiz and it wasn't because black people were doing it. I didn't like The Wiz because it was a badly… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I'm always suspicious of celebrities that write about their lives. — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I became an anti-fascist, and the more I saw what was happening to the peoples of Europe, the Jews, the more I saw the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues. — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Although we had a lot of villainy here in America, Adolf Hitler was certainly the most visible illustration of what would happen if fascism… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
