My Song

A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance

Harry Belafonte, Michael Schnayerson, Michael Shnayerson

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857865885
• Print ISBN:
  9780857865861

Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Schnayerson, My Song is an inspiring story of performance and protest, from a superstar singer and actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory.Along the way, he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century, from pals he met in acting class (Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Walter Matthau) to Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fidel Castro, James Baldwin, Bob Dylan and Nelson Mandela.From his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica, through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star, provocative crossover into Hollywood where he broke down many racial barriers, passionate lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and myriad other social causes, to his personal struggles and rich friendships, this is a remarkable, multifaceted and hugely inspirational story by 'a man whose story should be told for generations to come' (Robert Redford).

Table of contents

• Cover
• My Song
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication page
• Contents
• Part One
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Part Two
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Part Three
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• Photo Credits
• List of Illustrations
• Plate Section