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Bernie Sanders Apollo Theater interview clip
Published on Apr 5, 2019
Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says 'we have a president who is a racist.' Sanders made the comment ahead of a surprise visit to the Apollo Theater in New York for an event honoring Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett.
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By Lindsey Kupfer April 5, 2019
Excerpt:
Harlem was feelin’ the Bern on Thursday night.
Sen. Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at the Jazz Foundation of America’s annual gala concert at the Apollo Theater to honor Harry Belafonte, who, along with Tony Bennett, received a lifetime achievement award from the organization.
“Everybody in this room, in this historic theater tonight knows that Harry has not just been one of the great entertainers of our lifetime, but he has been an incredible and heroic figure in the fight for human dignity, for racial justice and for economic justice,” Sanders, 77, told the crowd. “Harry was there before it was cool to be there. Harry stood with Dr. King, and with the civil rights movement, with the labor movement and with activists all over the world in the fight for human dignity and justice. So it’s just an honor for me to be here tonight to acknowledge to extraordinary life of Harry Belafonte.”
Belafonte, 92, wasn’t there to accept the honor himself, so former ambassador and civil rights activist Andrew Young accepted the award on Belafonte’s behalf.
https://pagesix.com/2019/04/05/bernie-sanders-stops-by-the-apollo-to-honor-harry-belafonte/
