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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

There was really no aggressivevoice doing for us what youth feltshould be done

There was really no aggressive
voice doing for us what youth felt
should be done

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There was really no aggressive voice doing for us
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what youth felt should be done.
Duration
8 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:54:32
Uploaded
Jun 07, 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.
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.
The week that Dr. King was on "The Tonight Show," - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
The week that Dr. King was on "The Tonight Show,"
He extended all of the movements that he was involved with - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
He extended all of the movements that he was involved with
The fact is we spend approximately $500,000 - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
The fact is we spend approximately $500,000
While we spend only about $53 a year - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
While we spend only about $53 a year
The cruel truth is that Dr. King had been - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
The cruel truth is that Dr. King had been
New York Times and the Washington Post said - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
New York Times and the Washington Post said
He was a very beleaguered person - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
He was a very beleaguered person
And there was a sense that the zeitgeist had moved past him. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And there was a sense that the zeitgeist had moved past him.
It was well known that Dr. King was getting death threats - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
It was well known that Dr. King was getting death threats
We have lived with this a number of years now, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
We have lived with this a number of years now,
I had to deal with this problem - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
I had to deal with this problem
And so I've come to the point that I take this whole matter - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
And so I've come to the point that I take this whole ma...