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Which frankly is the same criticism
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

Which frankly isthe same criticism I've had to enduremy entire career

Which frankly is
the same criticism I've had to endure
my entire career

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Which frankly is the same criticism
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I've had to endure my entire career.
Duration
5 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:16
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.
White male late night hosts are given - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
White male late night hosts are given
Believe me, however shocked you are - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Believe me, however shocked you are
We've had some late night hosts, as Arsenio Hall. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
We've had some late night hosts, as Arsenio Hall.
There are probably people in Utah saying, "Who is he?" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
There are probably people in Utah saying, "Who is he?&q...
To have that long without another Black face in late night - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
To have that long without another Black face in late night
(Harry laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
(Harry laughing)
We're not giving you the late night - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
We're not giving you the late night
Now, the traditional first anniversary gift is paper, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Now, the traditional first anniversary gift is paper,
(funky music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(funky music)
I need to hear Black women and I need to hear Black men - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
I need to hear Black women and I need to hear Black men
That's what was so important about - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
That's what was so important about
And it's why it's so important that Black representation - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And it's why it's so important that Black represen...
"So wild, who would have thought?" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
"So wild, who would have thought?"
I think we've just got to keep working - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
I think we've just got to keep working
To us and matter to the world at large. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
To us and matter to the world at large.
(brassy music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:15
(brassy music)
I thought that we were talking about was - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I thought that we were talking about was
I thought that all the subtext, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
I thought that all the subtext,
The American public was not only entertained, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
The American public was not only entertained,
(brassy music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(brassy music)