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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(audience applauding) Lena, I never ceased tobe amazed at the fact that you are a...

(audience applauding) Lena, I never ceased to
be amazed at the fact that you are a grandmother

Full Transcript

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(audience applauding)
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Lena, I never ceased to be amazed at the fact
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that you are a grandmother.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:01
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
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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.
[Lena] The thing that kept me - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
[Lena] The thing that kept me
♪ Ever since that day - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:15
♪ Ever since that day
Well, yes, and I'm very happy now on the stage. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Well, yes, and I'm very happy now on the stage.
♪ That I'm beholding ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
♪ That I'm beholding ♪
I don't feel like a movie star particularly, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
I don't feel like a movie star particularly,
Lena Horne became very active in politics - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
Lena Horne became very active in politics
In 1963, Lena was invited to a secret civil rights meeting - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
In 1963, Lena was invited to a secret civil rights meeting
She was with Harry, the author James Baldwin, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
She was with Harry, the author James Baldwin,
Bobby Kennedy was appalled by some of their suggestions - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:21
Bobby Kennedy was appalled by some of their suggestions
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
(audience applauding)
I ride up and down in my building - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
I ride up and down in my building
(audience laughing and applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:17
(audience laughing and applauding)
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
(gentle music)
With his record of anti-liberalism, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
With his record of anti-liberalism,
Dr. King, upon listening to all of us - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
Dr. King, upon listening to all of us
And we reached out to to him, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
And we reached out to to him,
My father's advice was to actually go to the South. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
My father's advice was to actually go to the South.
You see him coming upon a young boy - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
You see him coming upon a young boy
And I remember Bobby Kennedy going to him - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
And I remember Bobby Kennedy going to him
I saw in that moment that Bobby Kennedy - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
I saw in that moment that Bobby Kennedy