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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(gun fires) And he was a veryimportant emblem of integrationin this country

(gun fires) And he was a very
important emblem of integration
in this country

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(gun fires)
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And he was a very important emblem
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of integration in this country.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:36
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.
In the late sixties, television was shifting - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
In the late sixties, television was shifting
It was no longer the terrain of just white people. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
It was no longer the terrain of just white people.
So now for the first time, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
So now for the first time,
Tomorrow night, my guests are Robert Goulet, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
Tomorrow night, my guests are Robert Goulet,
My job was to bring the best that Black America - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
My job was to bring the best that Black America
I want to thank Mr. Harry Singer for permitting you - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I want to thank Mr. Harry Singer for permitting you
[Harry] And to put us out in one concentrated period, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
[Harry] And to put us out in one concentrated period,
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
(audience applauding)
The shocking thing is that through 1971, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
The shocking thing is that through 1971,
Oh, this show's over, let's just record on this same tape - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Oh, this show's over, let's just record on this sa...
I mean, they were big two inch tapes back then. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I mean, they were big two inch tapes back then.
It shocked Johnny Carson when he found out about it - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
It shocked Johnny Carson when he found out about it
- My first month at "The Tonight Show," - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
- My first month at "The Tonight Show,"
(Questlove playing drums) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
(Questlove playing drums)
So I guess no one ever thought of reruns. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
So I guess no one ever thought of reruns.
So all of this is lost to history - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
So all of this is lost to history
And five minutes with folksinger Leon Bibb. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And five minutes with folksinger Leon Bibb.
There's a handful of shows that I, as a curator, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
There's a handful of shows that I, as a curator,
The week that Harry Belafonte hosted "Tonight Show" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
The week that Harry Belafonte hosted "Tonight Show"...
- When I discovered this week, I wrote an article about it - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
- When I discovered this week, I wrote an article about it