Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-02-18

Books mentioned on Harry Belafonte: The Real Deal

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Harry Belafonte is most famous for introducing America to calypso music, with hits like Day-O and Jump In the Line. But he was also one of the most earnest and hard-working fighters of injustice America has ever produced and he deserves to be celebrated.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

1. 

   The Souls of Black Folk

   W. E. B. Du Bois · at 1:50

   The Souls of Black Folk by W.

   Discussed

   “they turned him on books like the soul of Black Folk The Souls of black folks by WB duboyce and like that combined with his early upbringing where he was able to ju supposed Society in Jamaica and Society in America like this really kind of got things started”

   Josh Clark Harry Belafonte: The Real Deal 2025-02-18 Listen at 1:50

   Where to get it

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