Harry Belafonte: The Hero of the SELC Campaign

"You can't underestimate Harry Belafonte," says CNN's John Sutter. "He helps to raise $475,000 that night", which was the biggest hole the SELC had ever had. He helped bail out King when he's writing in when he's in prison in Birmingham. And then in late May, the S ELC turns to him again. Notice how Baldwin calls Belafonte even before, at least in Harry's telling, he called Belafonte."

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