Harry Belafonte's Atlanta book signing

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Harry Belafonte's Atlanta book signing

Photos from singer/activist/actor Harry Belafonte's Atlanta book signing, Nov. 2011.

Singer and activist Harry Belafonte works on signing 500 copies of his book "My Song, " before his two-hour conversation at the Jimmy Carter Library on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.

Crooner, Hollywood icon and activist Harry Belafonte looks back at his tumultuous, wildly successful life in his latest memoir, My Song. Belafonte rose from a poverty-ridden childhood to become one of entertainment's most revered figures while also breaking down racial barriers.

A young Harry Belafonte (left), his mother Melvine and his younger brother Dennis.

Belafonte was interviewed for two hours by author Rebecca Burns.

Baseball great Hank Aaron (center) and Belafonte proudly show off their walking canes while Rev. C.T. Vivian (left) jokes that he is too young for one.

Belafonte discussed his early acting years at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator alongside Marlon Brando, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Bea Arthur and Sidney Poitier.

Belafonte and Hollywood pal Marlon Brando mug for the camera.

Belafonte was a close friend of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Belafonte (far left) marched with Coretta Scott King after her husband's 1968 assassination.

Belafonte and his wife Pam pose with South African President Nelson Mandela.

Here, Belafonte visits Ethiopia.

The singer is also a good friend of President Bill Clinton.

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Singer and activist Harry Belafonte works on signing 500 copies of his book "My Song, " before his two-hour conversation at the Jimmy Carter Library on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.

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