The Untold History of the Week Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show and Woke Up America

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show is streaming now on Peacock “There’s a massive reluctance on the part of the media to expose Black life as it really is“ - Harry Belafonte. Revisit history in this clip from The Sit-In and explore the week of The Tonight Show where Harry Belafonte hosted and invited guests like Aretha Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, and Dionne Warwick to wake up America. Synopsis: A documentary film that chronicles the seminal event and almost-forgotten moment in American history during which legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte hosted the iconic “Tonight Show” in place of Johnny Carson for an entire week.