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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (2020)
TV-14
75 min | Documentary, History

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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (2020)

TV-14

75 min | Documentary, History

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.

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Gina Belafonte Self Self See fewer	BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Harry Belafonte Self Self See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
Leon Bibb Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Young One (1960)
Taylor Branch Self Self See fewer	King In The Wilderness (2018)
Johnny Carson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Bill Carter Self Self See fewer	The Late Shift (1996)
Petula Clark Self Self See fewer	Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Whoopi Goldberg Self Self See fewer	Ghost (1990)
Phil Gries Self Self See fewer	Vermeer: Master of Light (2001)
Tamron Hall Self Self See fewer	Tamron Hall (2019)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Norman Lear Self Self See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Wesley Morris Self Self See fewer	Scare Tactics (2003)
Paul Newman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Freda Payne Self Self See fewer	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Questlove Self (as Quest Love) Self (as Quest Love) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Bobby Rivers Self Self See fewer	The Sopranos (1999)
Buffy Sainte-Marie Self Self See fewer	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Robin Thede Self Self See fewer	A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Joan Walsh Self Self See fewer	CNN Newsroom (1989)
Dionne Warwick Self Self See fewer	Alive (1993)
Aaron Williams Self Self See fewer	The Jackie Gleason Show (1966)
Williemgc Self Self See fewer	Station 19 (2018)