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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(audience laughing) I was kind of amused thathe knew how to get laughter

(audience laughing) I was kind of amused that
he knew how to get laughter

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(audience laughing)
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I was kind of amused that he knew how to get laughter.
Duration
7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:51:53
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.
Which is something that you don't see in his speeches - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Which is something that you don't see in his speeches
My thing was like, "Oh, he can tell a good joke." - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
My thing was like, "Oh, he can tell a good joke."
I feel that we are in the midst - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:18
I feel that we are in the midst
His new project that very week - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
His new project that very week
He knew that the civil rights movement itself - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
He knew that the civil rights movement itself
But bringing the people together - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
But bringing the people together
The week that Dr. King was on "The Tonight Show," - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
The week that Dr. King was on "The Tonight Show,"
It is my hope that we will really stand up - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
It is my hope that we will really stand up
Black people, Mexican Americans, American Indians, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
Black people, Mexican Americans, American Indians,
His own staff said we haven't finished - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
His own staff said we haven't finished
Now you're saying this campaign is going to have - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Now you're saying this campaign is going to have
I think the time has come to bring to bear - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
I think the time has come to bring to bear
[Taylor] He finally got his staff preparing - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
[Taylor] He finally got his staff preparing
And then the garbage strike in Memphis happened. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
And then the garbage strike in Memphis happened.
A public official orders men to get back to work - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
A public official orders men to get back to work
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