From the Pacifica Radio Archives, this program features Harry Belafonte responding to questions posed by Dr Rae Richardson, founder of Oakland’s Marcus Books, the oldest independent Black bookstore in America. Topics include Malcolm X, Hollywood, and his life as a civil rights activist. Belafonte was a very popular singer & actor especially in the ‘60s & 70s, who became a member of that select group of performing artists known as EGOTs, that is recipients of an Emmy award for television , a Grammy award from the recording industry, an Oscar for films, and a Tony award for Broadway. He was a committed civil rights activist, and a close confidant of Martin Luther King, Jr