The great Harry Belafonte visited the Vanderbilt campus to take part in a discussion commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act and received a copy of Strong Inside. The longtime advocate for social justice has visited Nashville frequently over the years, and was among the well-known entertainers who would visit with students at Pearl High School, TSU and Fisk in the 1950s and 1960s when their tours brought them through town.