The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

The week late night TV woke America.

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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.

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Johnny Carson

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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