LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- From center stage to civil rights, Harry Belafonte left his mark, impacting communities across the globe, including on Long Island. "He encouraged us to be ourselves and to ...

Harry Belafonte earned his title — “the king of calypso” — with Caribbean-flavored folk and pop music chart toppers like “Day-O,” “Jamaica Farewell,” and other hits, becoming in ...

Harry Belafonte lived in several New York City neighborhoods including East Elmhurst, Queens. But Long Island locales like Sag Harbor and the onetime Westbury Music Fair, now the NYCB Theatre at ...

Since his death at 96, tributes to the singer and activist have centered his legacies in the U.S. But it's impossible to grasp Belafonte's larger meaning without first understanding his island roots.