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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

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�� The strong gets more ♪ While the weak ones fade ♪ Empty pockets don't
ever make the grade ♪ I found out about that
week from Harry Belafonte

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♪ The strong gets more
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♪ While the weak ones fade
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♪ Empty pockets don't ever make the grade ♪
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I found out about that week from Harry Belafonte.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:39
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.
I went over to his home - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
I went over to his home
And I'm thinking, wait a minute, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
And I'm thinking, wait a minute,
- That was probably the most revolutionary move - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
- That was probably the most revolutionary move
♪ That's right the woman is smarter ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
♪ That's right the woman is smarter ♪
♪ That's right ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:15
♪ That's right ♪
What Harry Belafonte did, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
What Harry Belafonte did,
Like a forerunner to "The Daily Show" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Like a forerunner to "The Daily Show"
Is that a fancy way of saying I told you so? - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Is that a fancy way of saying I told you so?
(Audience laughs) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(Audience laughs)
The nation was really in crazy upheaval. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The nation was really in crazy upheaval.
There was increasing and very appropriate Black anger. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
There was increasing and very appropriate Black anger.
And Harry exposed you as a white person, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
And Harry exposed you as a white person,
This was a talented, intelligent, sophisticated, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
This was a talented, intelligent, sophisticated,
I guarantee you, my grandmother had her three kids - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
I guarantee you, my grandmother had her three kids
It was something that was really inspiring, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
It was something that was really inspiring,
Harry Belafonte at 11 o'clock late night - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Harry Belafonte at 11 o'clock late night
Mr. Belafonte, would you like to look at - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Mr. Belafonte, would you like to look at
When I was there I was a bit overawed by the whole thing. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
When I was there I was a bit overawed by the whole thing.
It was so seldom in the '60s that people of color - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
It was so seldom in the '60s that people of color
I'm sitting between Harry Belafonte and Paul Newman. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I'm sitting between Harry Belafonte and Paul Newman.