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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

With the knowledge thatthey were hearing things that they wouldnever have heard before

with the knowledge that
they were hearing things that they would
never have heard before

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with the knowledge that they were hearing
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things that they would never have heard before.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:04
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.
There were those people that they've watched the Vietnam War - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
There were those people that they've watched the Vietna...
He willed a world into being for one week. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
He willed a world into being for one week.
He really wanted to create this integrated world - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
He really wanted to create this integrated world
Some people walked in and loved it - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Some people walked in and loved it
For those of you who might not be aware, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
For those of you who might not be aware,
♪ Blessed are the meek they say ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
♪ Blessed are the meek they say ♪
♪ Evil will be brought to justice ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
♪ Evil will be brought to justice ♪
It's about these young men going off to war - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
It's about these young men going off to war
So when we came to tape it, that emotion showed - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
So when we came to tape it, that emotion showed
♪ Why should man be forced to kill ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
♪ Why should man be forced to kill ♪
Miss Clark reached up and put her right hand on my arm - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Miss Clark reached up and put her right hand on my arm
(audience laughs) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
(audience laughs)
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
(audience applauding)
♪ The car called Plymouth's really made it clear ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
♪ The car called Plymouth's really made it clear ♪
The Plymouth representative on the set, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The Plymouth representative on the set,
"We have to take the touch out." - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
"We have to take the touch out."
My star, that is to say, me, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
My star, that is to say, me,
At that point, I turned to Pet Clark and said, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:26
At that point, I turned to Pet Clark and said,
(crowd applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(crowd applauding)
Longevity has its place. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Longevity has its place.