[Rarebooks] FS: Interesting Harry Belafonte Letter

[Charles Agvent]

BELAFONTE, Harry. TYPED LETTER SIGNED.  An interesting SIGNED letter 
from Belafonte to Brooks Atkinson, drama critic of the New York Times, 
dated 19 May 1955. In this letter of @250 words, the singer and actor 
wishes to clarify that a letter sent by him a few days before is not 
misunderstood. Essentially, Belafonte wants Atkinson to know that, 
despite an earlier report to the contrary, the contemplated closing of 
his show "3 For Tonight" is not related to his Las Vegas engagement. 
Adding to the interest are numerous pencil notes and corrections that 
attempt to tame the tone of the words, either by the singer or his 
agent, Jay Kennedy, from whose estate this letter came. Belafonte, one 
of the world's most popular entertainers, starring not only in music but 
in the theater and film as well, was also the first, and for some time 
the only, black producer in television. He was also very active in the 
civil rights struggle, bailing Martin Luther King, Jr. out of the 
Birmingham City Jail and a few years later helping to organize the March 
on Washington. About a two-inch closed tear just entering the text on 
the left margin; light wrinkling. Very Good. (#010108)        $250

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