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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

This is called"Welcome Emigrante," which meanswelcome immigrants

This is called
"Welcome Emigrante," which means
welcome immigrants

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This is called "Welcome Emigrante,"
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which means welcome immigrants.
Duration
5 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:25
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.
Maybe a first or second or third generation American - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:14
Maybe a first or second or third generation American
♪ And they came from far away ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
♪ And they came from far away ♪
Harry was like the heart and brains of a lot of things. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Harry was like the heart and brains of a lot of things.
He always brought people from indigenous communities - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
He always brought people from indigenous communities
And he brought those cultures to audiences in cities, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
And he brought those cultures to audiences in cities,
♪ Now the girls up at Cripple Creek about half-grown ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
♪ Now the girls up at Cripple Creek about half-grown ♪
You're not trying to scold or hurt people, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
You're not trying to scold or hurt people,
When it came to discuss what I was going to play and sing, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:22
When it came to discuss what I was going to play and sing,
America needed to see - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
America needed to see
♪ It's here and it's now you must help us dear man ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
♪ It's here and it's now you must help us dear man...
The truth of the matter is that I quit being a pop star. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The truth of the matter is that I quit being a pop star.
You can't go there and sing protest songs - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
You can't go there and sing protest songs
I knew that I had to go find an art - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
I knew that I had to go find an art
And nothing did that better than to be in the folk world. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
And nothing did that better than to be in the folk world.
♪ Gotta pull this timber before the sun go down ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:19
♪ Gotta pull this timber before the sun go down ♪
You have to remember, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
You have to remember,
R&B music, while it was incredible music - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
R&B music, while it was incredible music
The folk singers had much more latitude. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
The folk singers had much more latitude.
♪ When we got there the hills were steep ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
♪ When we got there the hills were steep ♪
He was not a household name, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
He was not a household name,