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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

A public official ordersmen to get back to work and treats them asthough they are not men

A public official orders
men to get back to work and treats them as
though they are not men

Full Transcript

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A public official orders men to get back to work
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and treats them as though they are not men.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:48
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
And Dr. King said if this is not what the - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
And Dr. King said if this is not what the
You are demanding that this city will respect - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
You are demanding that this city will respect
There was a perception that Dr. King - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
There was a perception that Dr. King
Certainly Black people in this country - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Certainly Black people in this country
There was really no aggressive voice doing for us - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
There was really no aggressive voice doing for us
They were going to become the provocateurs, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
They were going to become the provocateurs,
I don't have any doubt in my mind about that. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
I don't have any doubt in my mind about that.
Mr. Carmichael, are you as committed - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Mr. Carmichael, are you as committed
No one in this country is asking - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
No one in this country is asking
And that, in a sense, is giving them a free license - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And that, in a sense, is giving them a free license
(dramatic music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
(dramatic music)
Harry was somebody who was trusted - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Harry was somebody who was trusted
He had this ambassador role. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
He had this ambassador role.
The week that Dr. King was on "The Tonight Show," - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
The week that Dr. King was on "The Tonight Show,"
He extended all of the movements that he was involved with - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
He extended all of the movements that he was involved with
The fact is we spend approximately $500,000 - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
The fact is we spend approximately $500,000
While we spend only about $53 a year - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
While we spend only about $53 a year
The cruel truth is that Dr. King had been - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
The cruel truth is that Dr. King had been
New York Times and the Washington Post said - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
New York Times and the Washington Post said
He was a very beleaguered person - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
He was a very beleaguered person