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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

What Harry Belafonte did, he combined politicsand entertainment

What Harry Belafonte did, he combined politics
and entertainment

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What Harry Belafonte did,
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he combined politics and entertainment.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:49
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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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.
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.
Me, too. (Laughs) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Me, too. (Laughs)
You see how pivotal this week was - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:14
You see how pivotal this week was
(Audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
(Audience applauding)
(Bright music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(Bright music)
Johnny Carson was the rage of the evening. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Johnny Carson was the rage of the evening.
If anybody was up after 10 o'clock, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
If anybody was up after 10 o'clock,