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Topic: Harry Belafonte

American singer Harry Belafonte performing in a recording studio, circa 1957. (Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Harry Belafonte's song of rebellion

Melanie McFarland
Paola Mendoza and Sarah Sophie Flicker, Women's March Organizers and Artist Activists (Guy Furrow)

How to find joy in the Resistance

Lauren Schiller

Benjamin Wheelock
Martin Luther King Jr.; David Oyelowo in "Selma" (AP/Paramount Pictures)

"The rightness of the cause"

Joan Walsh
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Bob Dylan (AP)

Noah Berlatsky
State troopers stand shoulder to shoulder on the steps of Alabama's State Capitol on March 25, 1965, barring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from entering. (AP)

The MLK we need today

Joan Walsh
Steve McQueen (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Steve McQueen heckled at NYFCC

Andrew O'Hehir
(Sigrid Estrada/Washington Post)

Cohen's bizarre racial aside

Elias Isquith
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Daniel Browne - The Weeklings
Jay Z (AP/Evan Agostini)

Jay Z's baffling race politics

Brittney Cooper
Harry Belafonte (HBO)

The amazing American journey of Harry Belafonte

Andrew O'Hehir
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