Interview by Taylor Branch
https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document850307-000
- Author
- Belafonte, Harry
- Place Written
- New York, N.Y.
- Document Date
- 3/6/1985-3/7/1985
- Genre
- Oral histories
- Document Type
- Document
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Handwritten -- other than author's hand
- Author
- Belafonte, Harry
- Author Dates
- 1927-2023
- Document ID
- 850307-000
- Document Date
- 3/6/1985-3/7/1985
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Handwritten -- other than author's hand
- Document Type
- Document
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- New York, N.Y.
- Genre
- Oral histories
- Document Length
- 44 pp.
- Dates
- 1944
- 1946
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- 1948
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- 1954
- 3/1956
- 5/1956
- 5/17/1957
- 12/5/1956
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- 10/1958
- 9/20/1958
- 3/25/1959
- 3/18/1959
- 2/1960
- 4/19/1960
- 6/23/1960
- 10/19/1960
- 10/27/1960
- 4/1961
- 1/20/1961
- 5/1961
- 6/1961
- 12/1961
- 10/22/1962
- 1/10/1963
- 3/31/1963
- 4/12/1963
- 5/8/1963
- 5/28/1963
- 5/24/1963
- 6/1963
- 9/15/1963
- 10/5/1963
- 10/6/1963
- 11/22/1963
- 6/1964
- 7/1964
- 8/1964
- 9/1964
- 12/1964
- 2/1965
- 5/1966
- 3/28/1966
- 8/1966
- 4/1967
- 2/8/1968
- 3/27/1968
- 4/1968
- Names
- Branch, Taylor
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) [Progressive Party]
- Wayne, John
- White, Walter Francis [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)]
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)
- MacIntosh, Thomas
- Robeson, Paul
- Killens, John Oliver
- Levison, Stanley D.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Du Bois, Shirley G.
- Wilkins, Roy [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)]
- McGuire, Matthew F. [United States. District Court (District of Columbia)]
- Levison, Beatrice
- Kennedy, Janet
- Belafonte, Marguerite
- Belafonte, Julie
- Belafonte, Adrienne
- King, Coretta Scott
- Wallace, Henry A.
- Piscator, Erwin [New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)]
- Brando, Marlon
- Matthau, Walter
- Steiger, Rod
- Arthur, Beatrice
- Kennedy, Jay Richard
- Henry, John
- Guthrie, Woody
- Freud, Sigmund
- Champion, Marge
- Champion, Gower
- Conte, Richard
- Chaplin, Charles
- Kelly, Eugene
- Ryan, Robert
- Garfield, John
- Cagney, James
- Bogart, Humphrey
- Katz, Charlie
- Farmer, James [Congress of Racial Equality]
- Conte, Colleen
- Powell, Adam Clayton [Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)]
- Hitler, Adolf
- Woodard, Isaac
- Till, Emmett
- McCarthy, Joseph
- Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell)
- Young, Whitney M.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) [United States. White House]
- Warren, Earl
- Parks, Rosa
- Robeson, Benjamin C. [Mother A.M.E. Zion Church (New York, N.Y.)]
- Ellington, Duke
- Paterson, Basil A. [The Altruists]
- Rustin, Bayard
- Baker, Ella [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
- Garry
- Zanuck, Darryl [Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation]
- Fontaine, Joan
- Griffin, Merv
- Carson, Johnny
- Winters, Shelley
- Franciosa, Anthony
- Gandhi, Mahatma
- Marx, Karl
- Nicholas II
- Trotsky, Leon
- Wicker, Tom [New York Times Company]
- Salisbury, Harrison E. [New York Times Company]
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
- Montero, Frank C.
- Robinson, Jackie
- Kennedy, Robert F. [United States. Dept. of Justice]
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
- Shriver, Sargent
- Wofford, Harris
- Krim, Arthur B. [United Artists Corporation]
- Benjamin, Robert S. [United Artists Corporation]
- King, Martin Luther
- Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn)
- Polo, Marco
- Belafonte, David
- Dylan, Bob
- Guthrie, Arlo
- Makeba, Miriam
- Mitchell, Chad
- Walker, Wyatt Tee
- Jenkins, Timothy L. [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Jones, Charles [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- McDew, Charles [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Nash, Diane [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Bevel, James L. (James Luther) [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Preminger, Otto
- Anderson, William G.
- Abernathy, Ralph
- Marshall, Thurgood
- Davis, Sammy, Jr.
- Poitier, Sidney
- Baldwin, James
- Gregory, Dick
- King, Bernice A.
- King, Dexter
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Briloff, Abraham
- Quill, Michael J. [Transportation Workers Union of America]
- Berry, William
- Smith, Jerome
- Schlesinger, Arthur Meier
- Jones, Clarence B.
- Kirby, George
- Horne, Lena
- Hansberry, Lorraine
- Torn, Rip
- Marshall, Burke
- Young, Andrew
- Lee, Bernard Scott
- Belafonte, Melvine
- Rosenberg, Ethel
- Rosenberg, Julius
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
- Sinatra, Frank
- Reagan, Ronald
- Chaney, James Earl
- Forman, James [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Bond, Julian
- Schwerner, Michael Henry
- Goodman, Andrew
- Kupcinet, Irv
- Kupcinet, Essee
- Jones, Bobbi [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Doris, Ruby [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
- Moore, Roger
- Blue, Willie
- Moses, Robert Parris
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)
- Toure, Sekou [Guinea. President]
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
- Du Bois, David
- Bohlen, Charles E. [United States. Dept. of State]
- Ho, Chi Minh
- Castro, Fidel
- Jesus Christ
- Ngo, Dinh Diem
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Baraka, Amiri
- Organizations
- United States. Navy
- Great Lakes Naval Station (Great Lakes, Ill.)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Chicago (Ill.). Public Library
- American Negro Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Progressive Party
- Foley Square (New York, N.Y.)
- United States. Dept. of State
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate
- The Crisis
- Royal Albert Hall (London, England)
- Gaumont State Cinema (London, England)
- United States. District Court (District of Columbia)
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)
- Lake Tarleton Club (Pike, N.H.)
- Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York, N.Y.)
- International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Caesars Palace (Las Vegas, Nev.)
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- Communist Party of the United States of America
- Daily Worker
- Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
- Mother A.M.E. Zion Church (New York, N.Y.)
- Manhattan Center (New York, N.Y.)
- The Altruists
- United States. White House
- Ku Klux Klan
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- United States. Supreme Court
- United States. Army
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
- New York Times Company
- Democratic Party
- United States. Dept. of Justice
- Rich's Department Store (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- United Artists Corporation
- Democratic National Convention (1960 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Georgia State Prison (Reidsville, Ga.)
- Peace Corps
- United States. Congress. House of Representatives
- United States. Congress. Senate
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
- Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
- United States. Internal Revenue Service
- Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Transportation Workers Union of America
- New York Times
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- Chicago Tribune
- Leflore County (Miss.). Sheriff's Office
- Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Guinea. President
- Tonight Show
- National Broadcasting Company
- Poor People's Campaign
- Associated Press
- United Press International
- Places
- Great Lakes, Ill.
- Mendenhall, Miss.
- Russia
- India
- Chicago, Ill.
- London, England
- Seattle, Wash.
- Texas
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Little Rock, Ark.
- Galilee, Israel
- Jamaica
- Grenada
- China
- Germany
- Newark, N.J.
- Japan
- Atlanta, Ga.
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Washington, D.C.
- Albany, Ga.
- Birmingham, Ala.
- McLean, Va.
- Spain
- Puerto Rico
- Paris, France
- St. Augustine, Fla.
- Baltimore, Md.
- Boston, Mass.
- Toronto, Canada
- Bahamas
- Greenwood, Miss.
- Jackson, Miss.
- Rome, Italy
- South Africa
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Atlantic City, N.J.
- Guinea
- Ghana
- Egypt
- Selma, Ala.
- Cicero, Ill.
- Vietnam
- Topics
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Friends and Associates
- Colonialism
- Communism
- Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance files
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Little Rock School Crisis, 1957
- Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
- India trip
- Poverty
- Nonviolence
- Marxism
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Trials, litigation, etc.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Travels - Fundraising
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference--Finance
- Albany Movement
- Mississippi Summer Project, 1964
- Presidential candidates, 1960
- Presidential Elections
- Judaism
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Police - Complaints against
- Voter registration
- Federal intervention
- Freedom rides
- Labor Movement
- Church and Race Relations
- Birmingham, 1963
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Family - Coretta Scott King
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Health
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Honors - Nobel Peace Prize
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Parents
- Martin Luther King, Jr.-- Personal finances
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Afro Americans - Jewish relations
- Bombings
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
- Homosexuality
- Assassination
- Saint Augustine (Fla.)--Race relations
- Presidential candidates 1964
- Afro-Americans--Relations with Africans
- Selma, Ala. – race relations
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Television public speaking
- Poor People's Campaign
- Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike
- Afro-Americans - Economic conditions
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Assassination
- Other Topics
- British Colonialism in India
- The World and Africa
- Prince Bart
- Island in the Sun
- Robert Kennedy and His Times
- This Life
- Code for Location of Original
- TBP-NcU
- Location of Original
- Taylor Branch Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Location of Original - Detail
- Folder 532
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 3/29/2022 dalai
- 7/7/2023 dalai
- Date Updated
- 7/7/2023 2:10:57 PM
