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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(audience applauding) Bobby Kennedy becamesort of this spokesman for civil rights and...

(audience applauding) Bobby Kennedy became
sort of this spokesman for civil rights and the
whole progressive movement and the antiwar movement

Full Transcript

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(audience applauding)
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Bobby Kennedy became sort of this spokesman
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for civil rights and the whole progressive movement
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and the antiwar movement.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:52
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.
This war has been handed down and has been - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
This war has been handed down and has been
Absolutely, including the administration in which - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Absolutely, including the administration in which
You had the Tet Offensive in January of 1968, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
You had the Tet Offensive in January of 1968,
The fact that there are those who've been killed - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
The fact that there are those who've been killed
Senator, there are increasing reports out of Washington - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
Senator, there are increasing reports out of Washington
Johnson had become extremely unpopular with young people. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Johnson had become extremely unpopular with young people.
The war is going so badly that he's vulnerable. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
The war is going so badly that he's vulnerable.
I have no plans to change the statement - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I have no plans to change the statement
Will you endorse-- - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
Will you endorse--
(dramatic music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
(dramatic music)
You said only those who dare to fail greatly - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
You said only those who dare to fail greatly
Do you believe that in 1968, in the coming elections, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
Do you believe that in 1968, in the coming elections,
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
(audience applauding)
(audience laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(audience laughing)
(audience laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
(audience laughing)
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(audience applauding)
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
(audience applauding)
Look, what can the president do - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Look, what can the president do
(audience laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(audience laughing)
They would be doing jokes and mocking the president - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
They would be doing jokes and mocking the president