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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

America needed to see what we were strugglingabout as people of color

America needed to see what we were struggling
about as people of color

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America needed to see
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what we were struggling about as people of color.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:56
Uploaded
Jun 07, 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.
♪ It's here and it's now you must help us dear man ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
♪ It's here and it's now you must help us dear man...
The truth of the matter is that I quit being a pop star. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The truth of the matter is that I quit being a pop star.
You can't go there and sing protest songs - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
You can't go there and sing protest songs
I knew that I had to go find an art - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
I knew that I had to go find an art
And nothing did that better than to be in the folk world. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
And nothing did that better than to be in the folk world.
♪ Gotta pull this timber before the sun go down ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:19
♪ Gotta pull this timber before the sun go down ♪
You have to remember, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
You have to remember,
R&B music, while it was incredible music - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
R&B music, while it was incredible music
The folk singers had much more latitude. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
The folk singers had much more latitude.
♪ When we got there the hills were steep ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
♪ When we got there the hills were steep ♪
He was not a household name, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
He was not a household name,
America was awakened to a whole new group - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
America was awakened to a whole new group
There was a song called "Suzanne." - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
There was a song called "Suzanne."
♪ Suzanne takes you down - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:17
♪ Suzanne takes you down
♪ Suzanne takes you down - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:18
♪ Suzanne takes you down
♪ And night grows sweeter - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:18
♪ And night grows sweeter
In fact, I was 39 just three weeks ago. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
In fact, I was 39 just three weeks ago.
Do you know that everybody sitting on this panel-- - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Do you know that everybody sitting on this panel--
[Harry] Everybody on this panel is older than you are. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
[Harry] Everybody on this panel is older than you are.
(all laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
(all laughing)