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It is my hope that we will really stand up
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

It is my hope thatwe will really stand up to gain power for poor people

It is my hope that
we will really stand up to gain power for poor people

Full Transcript

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It is my hope that we will really stand up
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to gain power for poor people.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:54
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.
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
They were going to become the provocateurs, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
They were going to become the provocateurs,
I don't have any doubt in my mind about that. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
I don't have any doubt in my mind about that.
Mr. Carmichael, are you as committed - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Mr. Carmichael, are you as committed
No one in this country is asking - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
No one in this country is asking
And that, in a sense, is giving them a free license - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And that, in a sense, is giving them a free license
(dramatic music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
(dramatic music)
Harry was somebody who was trusted - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Harry was somebody who was trusted
He had this ambassador role. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
He had this ambassador role.