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Watch the trailer for Peacock's The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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The documentary, premiering Sept. 10, recounts the "monumental moment" in Black TV history in February 1968 when Belafonte guest-hosted "the most dominant program in late night — and perhaps all of TV — for an entire week."
TOPICS: Harry Belafonte, The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Documentaries, Late Night, Retro TV
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