A review by libswagmenter
My Song: A Memoir by Michael Shnayerson, Harry Belafonte

4.0

Wow. What an incredible life. It took me a long time to get into this book because the first part is his early life and development as singer/actor Harry Belafonte. This is important, of course, but I came for civil rights activist/humanitarian Harry Belafonte, which dominates the second half of the book. I found it really poignant to read about the development of the civil rights movement as it feels like a resurgence is happening through Black Lives Matter and other groups. Overall, I found this book really inspiring.