Harry Belafonte was an entertainer, he was born in 1927 in Harlem New York to a Jamaican mother and father. Belafonte was a singer, songwriter and actor. He was the ‘King of Calypso’, often referred to this for his Trinidadian
Harry Belafonte
Fannie Lou Hammer
Fannie Lou Hammer was a powerful voice in the civil rights and voting rights movements. She was a co-founder and vice-chairmen of the Freedom Democratic Party, she represented the party at the 1964 democratic convention. Hammer’s activism began in the