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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

What's theworst experience you had in terms of being on thereceiving end of prejudice?

[Interviewer] What's the
worst experience you had in terms of being on the
receiving end of prejudice?

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[Interviewer] What's the worst experience you had
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in terms of being on the receiving end of prejudice?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:59
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.
Very personally, it was a prejudiced act, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
Very personally, it was a prejudiced act,
♪ In heaven - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:31
♪ In heaven
In the work that we were doing - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
In the work that we were doing
Martin Luther King dedicated his life - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
Martin Luther King dedicated his life
He died in the cause of that effort. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
He died in the cause of that effort.
About a month after he was on "The Tonight Show" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
About a month after he was on "The Tonight Show"
For a lot of us young Black and Mexican American men, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
For a lot of us young Black and Mexican American men,
(crowd cheering) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(crowd cheering)
Every American, no matter what his background, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
Every American, no matter what his background,
(crowd cheering) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(crowd cheering)
So I had been very much involved with Bobby, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
So I had been very much involved with Bobby,
And going to California, none of us were concerned - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
And going to California, none of us were concerned
Because of all the places, California was certainly - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Because of all the places, California was certainly
When he was taken away from us, there was a void - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
When he was taken away from us, there was a void
The loss of Dr. King coupled with what happened - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
The loss of Dr. King coupled with what happened
The death of those two men changed - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The death of those two men changed
Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight
Within a few months of their appearance - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Within a few months of their appearance
And he thought it was important enough - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
And he thought it was important enough
All of the words and phrases you've heard - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
All of the words and phrases you've heard