Appearances
- History, American Studies, and African American Studies, Stanford University, April 19, 2017
- African American Studies and Film and Media Departments, University of Oklahoma, February 7, 2017
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Barnes and Noble Bookstore at Johns Hopkins University, August 2, 2016
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Oakland Octopus and Literary Salon, July 9, 2016
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History Seminar, University of Illinois Chicago, March 2, 2016
- Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History, Columbia University, October 14, 2015
- American Studies, University of Kansas, April 23, 2015
- American Studies and African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis, March 19, 2015
- Panel on Black Entertainers and NYC History, Gotham Center for NYC History at CUNY Graduate School, February 24, 2015
- African American Studies and History, UCLA, November 10, 2014
- Harvard Book Store and Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Cambridge, MA October 24, 2014
- Institute of North American Studies, Kings College, London, January 20, 2014
- African American Studies, Yale University, October 7, 2014
Media
- Featured in Harry Belafonte: A Life (BBC World Service – The Documentary), April 27, 2023
- Radio interview on The World from PRX, April 26, 2023
- TV interview on TV Globo (Brazil), April 25, 2023
- Radio interview on A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne (Canada), April 25, 2023 (begins at 1:04:30)
- TV interview on CBS News, April 25, 2023
- Radio interview on WCBSAM: On-Demand, April 25, 2023
- Featured on Who Cares About the Rock Hall? podcast, June 2022
- Featured in PopMatters, October 2016
- Featured as a “Top Book of 2015″ by NewsOne, December 2015.
- NewsOne television interview, August 4, 2015
- Radio interview on Roland Martin Reports, August 5, 2015 (begins at 21:00)
- Featured in hip hop artist Talib Kweli’s book club
- “Biography,” Times Literary Supplement, March 17, 2015
- “Negli USA La Biographia Dell’Artista: Essere Belafonte Musica & Diritti”[In the USA The Biography of the Artist Becoming Belafonte Music and Rights] Il Secolo XIX [Genoa Italy] , January 19, 2015
- Listed on Hollywood Reporter’s Top Ten Music Books for 2014
- Featured in Boston Globe, “New England Literary News,” December 14, 2014
- Featured in Ebony, “A Story To Tell,” December 1, 2014
- Radio interview with Judith Smith on Commonwealth Journal, November 19, 2014
- Featured on “Holiday Gift Guide for Music Fans,” Milwaukee Express, October 21, 2014
- Featured Book of the Month, What’s Up Kansas City, October 9, 2014
- “O What a Day He Had: How Harry Belafonte Built a Brilliant life of art and activism,” Austin [Texas] American –Statesman, September 28, 2014
- Judith Smith interview in Kirkus Reviews, posted September 15, 2014