Musician, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte will present a lecture in Popejoy Hall at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 19. Belafonte was the first African-American producer in television. Among his many humanitarian efforts, he served President Kennedy as cultural advisor to the Peace Corps, created the New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence, and hosted the World Summit for Children held at the United Nations. He received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize and the first Nelson Mandela Courage Award.
Tickets for “Harry Belafonte Speaks Out” are $30, $25, $20 and are available at UNM Ticket Offices, unmtickets.com, 925-5858 or Raley’s Supermarkets.
The lecture is presented by the UNM Office of the President in cooperation with African American Studies and African American Student Services. For more information visit Popejoy Presents Harry Belafonte.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at March 14, 2007 04:55 PM