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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.
December 19, 1975 in Pennsylvania, USA
20 January 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
February 7, 1922 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
12 December 1940, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
27 July 1922, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
26 January 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
19 September 1942, Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 November 1932, Ewell, Surrey, England, UK
