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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(audience cheering) When you werein Selma, Alabama All of these people, notonly were great...

(audience cheering) When you were
in Selma, Alabama All of these people, not
only were great artists, but some of them were
also great thinkers

Full Transcript

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(audience cheering)
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When you were in Selma, Alabama
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All of these people, not only were great artists,
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but some of them were also great thinkers.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:20
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.
[Paul Newman] It's the biggest feeling - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
[Paul Newman] It's the biggest feeling
He had all types of people on that week, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
He had all types of people on that week,
Especially in such a political hotbed at the time. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Especially in such a political hotbed at the time.
♪ He fights with missiles and with spears ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
♪ He fights with missiles and with spears ♪
And to use that platform, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And to use that platform,
I wanted to bring a political dimension to the evening - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
I wanted to bring a political dimension to the evening
So I said, if anybody wants to hear - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
So I said, if anybody wants to hear
They were considered the spokespersons - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
They were considered the spokespersons
There's a story of somebody with the network asking, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
There's a story of somebody with the network asking,
What would you like him to do, sing a song? - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
What would you like him to do, sing a song?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Ladies and gentlemen, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King.
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(audience applauding)
Well, I was 27 at that time, that was back in 1956. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Well, I was 27 at that time, that was back in 1956.
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
(gentle music)
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
(audience applauding)
(audience cheering) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(audience cheering)
There's a good angel looking after me somewhere. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
There's a good angel looking after me somewhere.
Sidney was pushing back against the type - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
Sidney was pushing back against the type
I'm so pleased to meet you. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
I'm so pleased to meet you.
I am artist, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
I am artist,