The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

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.

• Yoruba RichenDirector

• Harry BelafonteSelf
• Whoopi GoldbergSelf
• Tamron HallSelf
• Jason KingSelf
• Robin ThedeSelf
• QuestloveSelf
• Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage)
• Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)