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

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.

Director: Yoruba Richen

Cast: Gina Belafonte, Harry Belafonte, Leon Bibb, Taylor Branch, Johnny Carson, Bill Carter, Petula Clark, Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Gries, Tamron Hall, Martin Luther King, Norman Lear, Wesley Morris, Paul Newman, Freda Payne, Questlove, Bobby Rivers, Buffy Sainte-Marie