VIDEO: Harry Belafonte opens Stephen Somerstein's 1965 Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March Photo Exhibition at New York Historical Society In this video, singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist, Harry Belafonte, gives the keynote address at a reception for the opening of Stephen Somerstein's socially relevant photo exhibit chronicling the 1965 Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. The event was held at the New York Historical Society.