of course, belafonte and miriam did. that was the only way i got noticed.not stand out... you think it was a result of your exile from south africa that you became the renowned musician that you are? no, ithink... i never looked for fame. i wanted to learn, i went to classical music school. i wanted to teach in south africa. having been in the company of major activists, belafonte was the biggest fundraiser for the civil rights movement involved in all of the fundraising. i learned from him more than anybody else. if you come from people underfoot, and you get yourjuice from them... if you don't talk about them, there's something wrong with you. you said on channel 4 news here in the uk five years ago "my music was never meant to be political or even campaigning, i just sought to connect". but we all know hugh masekela as an activist, an anti—apartheid voice, as much as you are a musician. well i came from an activist community. as children, we grew up in boycotts and rallies. we saw people like nelson mandela. they were in their 20s at rallies. we grew up

amy: that is harry belafonte, one of the closest confidantes of dr.ing in the last 10 years of dr. king's life, talking about dr. king moving north. he did not just march in chicago, he moved his family to chicago as he particularly took on the issue of housing. taylor branch, you are a veteran civil rights historian. he won the pulitzer prize for "parting the waters." you, too, were surprised by some of the footage you saw in "king in the wilderness." >> yes, i was surprised by -- i wrote, but i do not feel -- i thousandsy book that of white people would come out and throw bricks and it was women with pocketbooks and they hit people with pocketbooks and yell and scream. but to write it is different based on source material than two c nazi signs and people yelling and screaming in chicago. it was a very rough place. amy: the swastikas, the presence of the swastikas. >> there were lots of swastikas and young people involved. on the other side, dr. king was withg to experiment nonviolence in the north and in many respects, it was -- there are no stories

harry belafonte and miriam i guess were actually started around nine hundred sixty three to sing a lot of songs and went they won a grammy for an album called an evening with the love and then my game and they were immediately banned but it took another twenty years for it to get john and by nine hundred eighty six nobody was recording is cd with the song that i was. done with the bird free nelson mandela the beast of a good is a researcher of the al-jazeera center for studies and joins me now in the studio could have you with us always subjects like this i mean if nelson mandela desmond tutu walton walter sisulu were the political heavyweights of the apartheid era then she was sick a lot has to be there in terms of music heavy weight that changed in defined the way we look at apartheid through music or indeed i mean in fact he was much much more effective many will argue because he took the struggle of south africa to and from you know territory's particularly in europe i mean he performed at various concerts and he made a point all those performances that highlighted the struggle of

master killer collaborated with the likes of harry belafonte and paul simon is instrumental grazing in the grass was an international number one hit in one nine hundred sixty eight. and joined us in their first band together as teenagers he would like people to remember him first. and then his contribution. in this. that was worth being selfish and things to himself the successes you successes were due to the people the people whose stories. you know masa keller returned home soon after nelson mandela was finally freed in one thousand nine hundred ninety after twenty seven years in prison this part of johannesburg new town is synonymous with south africa's jazz scene hugh masekela was a regular in the clubs that dot the streets his music affected young and old he was one of my idols and i would have loved to meet him. at some point in my life now that he's gone it's really depressing instead for me because i'll never get the chance to tell him how he inspired us as south africans in upcoming musicians must continue to perform on stage well into the sea than to sharing his lifelong pass

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harry belafonte and miriam i gave are actually started around nine hundred sixty three to sing a lot of songs have been for the want to grammy for an album called an evening with bella four and then my carer and they were mediately band but it took another twenty years for it to catch on and by nineteen eighty six nobody was recording is cd with the song that i ever said done with a part of three nelson mandela by then there was international fever. of concern but music not just by africans but internationally by musicians all over the world in every language saying about gays the parted and that helped i think the. pressure the countries that were doing business was. to pull back. let's check out the top stories here on al-jazeera and the last challenge is seen as a potential threat to the reelection of the egyptian president out of abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign former military chief of staff sami anon for me declared his intention to run as a presidential candidate on saturday the military say and that it has not attained the

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. ♪ you are you are like the scent on my skin ♪ >> mariette: harry belafonte. >> anthony: the go-to chefariette: prince albert of monaco. [ laughter ] >> anthony: the success story, her mansion high atop haute ville, the former neighborhood of choice for aristocrats and colonizers alike. ♪ on the silk of your lips ♪ where mine readily sit >> anthony: though semi-retired, mariette continues to entertain guests from time to time. >> anna: so this is broth with chicken and ginger. >> anthony: these dishes marry mostly disappeared malagasy royal cuisine with the techniques and training of classical french. so, moisten the rice with the broth. >> anna: exactly, with the broth. >> anthony: wow, look at this. >> anna: this is a vegetable lasary. lasary is one of the side dishes, it's like a salad. >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> darren: cauliflower, carrot. >> anna: mm-hmm. string beans. most malagasy don't eat meat at every meal because it's expensive. most malagasy will eat rice, broth with vegetables, and that's it. meat once a week. >> darren: i could do fine here. >> anna: yeah you'd do fine here.

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and i had always adored harry belafonte. we decided to do one duet called "the path of glory."ry strongly about it. i just touched his arm. the sponsor went crazy. my star doesn't touch a black man's arm. >> petula clark said, i'm not doing it over, and it's my show and it's going in that way. >> we weren't having any of that nonsense, no way. so it went out the way we wanted it to go out. i didn't really have any other problems with sponsors, but that sort of gave me a taste of what could happen. ♪ a car that's moving fast and clean and strong ♪ ♪ get the leather seats you can't go wrong ♪ >> in the tv business, the '60s was probably about the last decade during which the sponsors had a really iron grip on content. >> brought to you by dash. >> even if they tried to keep tv this white homogenous whole milk product, the world found its way in. it just had to. >> what's the trouble, driver? >> can't you ever remember to bring a silencer? >> it ruins the lining of my suit. >> with "i spy," robert culp and bill cosby were equals. cosby is this pioneer in terms of a black male lead

it started with harry belafonte, who could also not find an apartment, even though he was the first black artist to break when million hobbles. -- albums. he was so fed up he sent his white publicist to sign the paperwork, and when he arrived, the building manager was really mad. so harry got really not -- got really mad and he bought the building. and he invited his friends and, and he ended up with the apartment. [laughter] that is what a lot of these stories were like. but --he image, rhea: rachel, what was your indication -- inclination to do a deeper dive? rachel: we wanted to tell the story behind the photo. we were trying to tell the story of the moment in the photo. in this photo, she looks at ease. she does not look like she is performing in any way. she looks at home, and running this photo with the print, you think it would have been the natural choice. but they said they went with the headshot because they did not have enough space. darcy: this is a contact sheet that i found, we ran frame number 19, the third column down, they ran it as the headshot. when i found this object,

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the man who was fighting for integration told hell above -- told helle but -- harry belafonte, for all our work on integration, i believe we have integrated into a burning house. hold on. this is going to hit you hard. one of the last calls martin made from this location, one of the last calls he made was back to his church in atlanta to speak to his secretary about his daddy, daddy king, his copastor. one of his last calls was to talk to his family. martin had a practice and policy every thursday or friday of calling in his sermon because back in the old days -- most of these mega-churches they have the announcements up on the big screen now. the big screen. back in the day -- you remember the old school church bulletin? we are trying to save trees now so we have everything electronic and digital. back in the day you would have these bulletins with the sermon topic for that sunday morning. somebody say amen. get the in and you bulletin. king had to call his sermon in every thursday and friday. for only traveling he did, he always got back to atlanta on sunday. the one place that he fo

the city about how she found this beautiful apartment was a great story starts with harry belafonte who could not find an apartment and first artist to break a million albums. anyway -- >> sell. >> that's right. he got so fed up that he sent his white publicist to the building to sign the paperwork and got the apartment. when he and his wife arrived, the building manager was really mad and told them oh, well, you have got to leave. and harry got really mad and bought the building. and he invited his friends in and lena ended up with the apartment. >> she got the penthouse. >> yeah. >> and so it was -- that's what a lot of these stories were like. it was kind of the image but then, the history told us something kind of about -- >> and rachel, was your inclination to do a deeper dive -- >> we tried. >> as much as we could, we tried to tell the story behind the photo. it required -- it wasn't just a lena looks lovely today, though she does, it was really trying to tell the story of that moment. >> and this is such a remarkable photograph in the sense that she just really looks at ease, she