Harry Belafonte's autobiography, "My Song: A Memoir," In it, he discloses for the first time that his parents were of mixed race and that he is "one-quarter" Jewish. His mother was born in Jamaica, the child of a white, Scottish mother and a black father. His father also was born in Jamaica, the child of a black mother and Dutch Jewish father. This is all Harry says about his Jewish grandfather, whom he never met: "a white Dutch Jew who drifted over to the islands after chasing gold and diamonds, with no luck at all." Rem.: His father's name was likely Belinfante if he was from the Netherlands.
Harry Belafonte's autobiography, "My Song: A Memoir," In it, he discloses for the first time that his parents were of mixed race and that he is "one-quarter" Jewish. His mother was born in Jamaica, the child of a white, Scottish mother and a black father. His father also was born in Jamaica, the child of a black mother and Dutch Jewish father. This is all Harry says about his Jewish grandfather, whom he never met: "a white Dutch Jew who drifted over to the islands after chasing gold and diamonds, with no luck at all." Rem.: His father's name was likely Belinfante if he was from the Netherlands.
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