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Source: BBC Radio 2 "Documentaries"

Roundup

The Harry Belafonte Story 2nd of 4 [30min]

A new four part series presented by Whoopi Goldberg telling the life and times of the singer, actor, political activist and social historian -- the first person to sell a million albums, the first ever black television producer and the man behind the American Band Aid.

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