Harry Belafonte is a Jamaican-American singer and activist. Known as the “King of Calypso,” he was an adamant supporter of the campaign for desegregation in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. He helped Dr. King and the other organizers raise funds so that the movement could bail protestors out of jail after they got arrested. He also put Dr. King in touch with many influential people in New York City, thus helping spread news of the movement to important figures in the North.