Rolling sound. Quiet. From new york, the tonight show starring Johnny Carson. And now, heres the fabulous har Harry Belafonte. Here he comes. Strong gets more while the weak ones fade i found out about that week from Harry Belafonte. I went over to his home. And all of a sudden, effortlessly, he started talking about this week of television and the tonight show. Im thinking, wait a minute, Harry Belafonte hosted a week of the tonight show . What . What . How did i not know this . That was probably the most revolutionary move that Mainstream Television could have done, at the time. I write about tv. I write about politics. I should have known about it. Why dois this history lost to u . Harry belafonte takes an existing, White Institution in american culture, and he turns it into something that represents his world. That it should be multicultural. That it should be politically engaged. What Harry Belafonte did, he combined politics and entertainment. Like, a forerunner to the daily show and the Steven Colbert show. Is that a fancy way of saying i told you so . I mean, this is early 1968. The nation was really in crazy upheaval. There was increasing and very appropriate black anger. And harry would expose you as a white person, to this vibe rapt world where black people and white people met, as equals. This was a talented, intelligent, sophisticated, passionate, social activist of a black man in that chair that has, through the years, been the seat of white males. My parents allowed me to stay up late. They said you need to see this. I guarantee you, my grandmother had her three kids sitting in the living room watching, even though they shouldve been in bed. It was something that was really inspiring, especially to a lot of black people who were watching who had not seen themselves, necessarily, represented in that way in the American Institution that is the tonight show. Harry belafonte, at 11 00, late night, was saying were here. Were americans. Were part of this. Were not going anywhere. Yall brought us. Now, were here. So let me be the last thing you see before you go to sleep. Mr. Belafonte, would you like to look at your guest list from that week . Id love to see it. Oh, my god. I had all these people . When i was there, i was a bit overawed by the whole thing. It was so seldom, in the 60s, that people of color were invited into the homes of, you know, Television Viewers everywhere. First time on the tonight show. Im scared. Im sitting between Harry Belafonte and paul newman. That was a special night. I knew its was the biggies, that night. As they say, stepping in high cotton. You see how pivotal this week was because youre watching this man bring together all of his brothers and sisters, in the mo movement and say we deserve a space, and we deserve to be here. We deserve to talk about these things. From new york, the tonight show starring Johnny Carson. The tonight show was one of the most powerful platforms of communication, in the world. Theres anything you dont see, just ask for it. Okay. We have a fine gentleman. Johnny carson was the rage of the evening. If anybody was up after 10 00, they were up watching the tonight show. Mr. Woody allen. Carson would often mention this on the air. Hey, i know youre in bed when youre watching me. And its the most unique of frames to watch television between your feet. Youre taking not just in your home but actually into your bedroom. The birthrate in this country has dropped appreciably, and i like to feel that my show is partially responsible. Carson was this midwestern, very easy to take kind of host. He was as average an american as you could possibly get. It was part of his appeal. He was just the kid next door. Never seen a human cell. Johnny carson helped define what late night would be. Early on in the 1950s, 60s, as we really started to see these interview programs with people. We just keep talking with no script. I know. Its agony. You would get to see celebrities as youve never seen them before. Youd get to see them uncensored. Why did you go into politics . I think that, as an interested citizen of the United States, i cannot think of a greater privilege than serving in the house or the senate. When the tonight show first began, it was a comedy show. And steve alan became the first host. This is kind of a mild, little show. I dont expect you to say, boy, what a program. Carson takes over in october of 1962. And it really is a whole different approach to the show. He managed to weave in more contemporary news than anybody had tried, before. Senator and mrs. Kennedy are expecting their tenth child. I understand Ethel Kennedy is demanding a civilian review board. All of that would, first, be the subject of a monologue. And then, often, the guests would talk about it. Our bloodshed will be in our racial situation, not russia or any other country. You probably do, as most people do in the world today, have feelings on the vietnam situation. And the interesting thing about the tonight show was that the guests stayed on the couch. They didnt just make their appearance and leave. So, they sat together. I wish, now, id have been honest. So the tonight show now becomes kind of the National Gathering place at night. And whatevers going on in pop culture, whatevers going on in politics, obviously whats going on in the news. It was a place for all those things to come together, in an entertaining way. 11 30 at night, eastern, was the most segregated hour in america because white people were watching white Johnny Carson in their white homes. Black people were doing it separately. I had shingles. Horrible. A young thing like me . [camera man] actually anyone 50 or over is at increased risk for shingles. The pain, the burning my husband had to do everything for weeks. 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And the culture was complicated. The culture was divisive. The tension in the air of 1968 couldnt be ignored, no matter how many blinders that you chose to put in front of your eyes. All kinds of changes were pushed through. Its the time when women said, listen. Were not just this. We want to run these companies. Were not playing with you, anymore. Its the year of the afro. Boom. Natural hair. Change. Things were no longer going to be the status quo. I never see no road other than the one it was the time of protest. Black community had risen up with righteous indignation. Could no longer tolerate racial indiscretions being heaved upon us. We felt a need to do more than just sing. We had to have a point of view, and began to speak out. When you look at the late 60s, the exposure that white americans were getting on the news was the covering of the civil rights marchs and the Civil Rights Movement that was happening. But we were still watching shows like bonanza, beverly hillbillies, i dream of genie. Very, very White Television shows. We were seeing depictions of the old west. Depictions of suburban families. Television shows had, always, very difficult relationship with reality. And there were a lot of, well say, fantasy sitcoms that, really, sort of avoided race. And what was going on in the country. My personal experience has been that theres an enormous reluctance, on the part of the media, to expose black life as it really is. How it reflects the mood of the nation . It reflects our politics. It reflects our culture. It reflects our hopes and aspirations. And it lies a lot about who we are. None of us thought we were going to be in the future. If you are a scifi person, which i am, you never saw us represented in the future times of america. We were never there. We were never at the beach blanket bingo. Hello . We hear that the girls are all over at your house. We were never where the boys were. We just werent there. We werent represented. Television was a medium that was still figuring out its relationship to power, in a lot of ways. Tv wasnt a crossover medium. There are few black stars in television, at that time, who have been able to kind of rise to the top. Harry belafonte was one of those. Harry belafonte was a huge celebrity, at the time. Who produced recordsetting album after album. The first performer to sell over a million copies of a single album. What mr. Belafonte wound up doing was taking the art form of calypso music. And making it mainstream for americas taste. In the west indies, there are many languages that have invaded those islands. French, english, the spanish. It comes out in a strange tongue. Just say it with me. I wonder why nobody dont like me. All right, george. I think hes got it. I wonder why nobody dont like me or is it a fact that im ugly i wonder why nobody dont like me or is it the fact that im ugly harry was also a movie star. He was a household name, black and white. In your heart, deep down inside. Dont you still think of us as slaves . We saw him in iconic films like carmen jones. Bright road. Odds against tomorrow. Island in the sun. Today, we take it for granted. But in the 1950s, that was a radical idea to have a black artist have a white fan base, at a time in which there was still legal segregation. Legal segregation. Look limu someone out there needs help customizing their Car Insurance with Liberty Mutual, so they only pay for what they need. False alarm. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. Shes confident, protected, her strength respected. Depend. The only thing stronger than us, is you. 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Common side effects include low red blood cell and low platelet counts, infections, tiredness, nausea, sore mouth, abnormalities in liver blood tests, diarrhea, hair thinning or loss, vomiting, rash, and loss of appetite. Be in your moment. Ask your doctor about ibrance. If you look at some of his early television, musical sort of variety shows. I mean, there was just a fascination and an appeal that you couldnt find it anywhere else on television. So beautiful, not one so beautiful i know when those women, whatever nationality they were, when they saw harry, it was all about because sexys sexy, no matter what. One of the most important trailblazing crossmedia superstars of the century. There are many sides to the legend of Harry Belafonte. Singer, actor, activist. As artists, we revoice joicee knowledge that Human Experience has no color, and we believe that artists have invaluable function, in any society, since it is the artists who reveal the society to itself. My father was a political person, before he became an artist. His mother was a political person. His environment that he grew up in, was exposed to, was political. He wanted to take every opportunity that he could to bring forth a Civil Rights Movement. He always used whatever platform he had as an opportunity to educate and motivate and activate audiences. Our cause in america is an honorable cause. And oft times, we feel it is more than we can bear. Rosa parks and one day i got a phone call. Said, mr. Belafonte . Yes. You may not know me. No reason for you to, except i need to talk to you. I said fine. My name is Martin Luther king jr. He said the things youve said and done, i really believe you could be an important component to this adventure that im embarking on. And listening to what he had to say, i knew that, forever, id be in his service. Ladies and gentlemen, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, the reverend dr. Martin luther king. Once i took up with him, my life never went anywhere else but there. But not only is harry a great artist, he is a great humanitarian. No performing artist in the United States or in the world has raised as much money for the Civil Rights Movement as Harry Belafonte. I respond as often as possible to dr. King because i believe the salvation of america and our potential is in our capacity to deal humanistically and nonviolently with our difficulties. People who worked with johnny, at the time, would say he was conversant with the Civil Rights Movement. I cant sit here and say i understand because we cant. He understood many of the issues. But he was not comfortable enough to say im going to do a week of shows about whats going on in the country. When i was out in las vegas, i did the thing with the audience and there were a lot of questions. And id get questions, political, you know, what do you think of so and so . And i found, no matter when sic side you go, youre going to end up, if you are a straight entertainer, losing half your audience. He, as an entertainer, did not feel like getting up on the soapbox. But he certainly supported the other entertainers who who were doing that. I also admire Marlon Brando for his conscious as an american and his moral commitment when he believes in something. So i think he thought im going to have a guest host come on. And the guest hosts can address what i think are serious issues. I do think carson was trying to make a statement. How can you not talk about all the things that are going on in the craziest year in American History . Even my midwestern, middle of the country audience, they need to see this. This is only six years into Johnny Carsons tenure, that he did that. So he wasnt doing it from the safe harbor of im the king of late night. He was still fairly new in the job. But it was in his head that Harry Belafonte was the right guy. I said no, at first, because i couldnt do what johnny did. I cant tell jokes and whatnot. We know Harry Belafonte had been burned by television, before. In 1959, he had this special called tonight with belafonte. It was fantastic. It won an emmy. And the sponsor, which was r revlon, actually offered him an ongoing series, after that. He called it new york 19. I dont want to be a monkey, my brother say that he will combat a hug the First Episode ran in 1960 to rave reviews. But when he started to plan the next episode, the sponsor called him in and had a problem with the fact that harry used multiracial cast. And the sponsor told him pick a black cast but none of this mixing. And harry walked away. Thank you for being with us. See you around. My father didnt always trust what the outcomes of a certain opportunity might bring. And so, he turned a lot of things down. Tonight, we take a look at negro humor in america. We call it a time for laughter. If it wasnt going to be in an inclusive way, that he envisioned, both racially but i think, most importantly, artistically, let alone politically, didnt want that to be part of his legacy. That sounds like a rabid dog oh thats an old civil rights chaser being on television, reaching a lot of people, and having this amazing opportunity that might only come once in your entire lifetime. And Harry Belafonte had to be convinced. It was johnny who put me at ease, and said we just want you to be who you are. I said, in order to be who i am, id have to have guests on. He agreed to that condition, with the understanding that the network had the right to say no to anybody. But they wanted me to submit my list. After a little bit of wrangling, they gave him control of the guest list, which was a huge deal. So was there trepidation . Im sure there was trepidation. Im sure there was trepidation. And who knows whats going to happen . Is he going to have, you know, a mix of people on . Is it going to be black people and white people . Does he have restrictions . When you see pictures of the guests, they didnt just pass each other. They knew each other. So i envision mr. Belafonte making half those calls, himself. Saying, hey, i need you to come on by here and do this show. So he was probably his booker and the host of the show. F the w you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. And you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. Make ice. Making ice. But youre not mad because you have e trade which isnt complicated. Their tools make trading quicker and simpler so you can take on the markets with confidence. Dont get mad get e trade and start Trading Commission free today. Dont get mad get e trade and start trading im a verizon engineer. And im part of the team building. A powerful 5g experience for america. Its 5g ultra wideband, and its already available in parts of select cities. Like los angeles. And in new york city. 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Dont stop your asthma treatments unless your doctor tells you to. Tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection, or your asthma worsens. Headache and sore throat may occur. Could you be living a bigger life . Ask an asthma specialist about fasenra. Hi. Richard lui with your hours top stories. Tens of thousands forced to leave their homes in california, oregon, and washington. At least 31 people sl died. President trump will be visiting california on monday to meet with fire officials there. And the gulf coast is bracing for a possible hurricane. Tropical storm sally brings strong winds and heavy rain to south florida and the keys. The storm is expected to strengthen. Hurricane watches have been issued from louisiana, through florida panhandle. Now, back to the sitin. Do you remember how it felt to be on the show . Wow. Some nice company. Is he here . Youre in selma, alabama. All these people were not only great artists but, some of them were also great thinkers. Its the biggest feeling i ever had in my life to be actively involved in being part of my own times. He had all types of people on that week. But like, the sheer volume of activists that he had on is m d mind blowing, especially in such a political hotbed, at the time. He fights with missiles and with spears the fact that he was able to fill in the space with people that had substance was amazing to me. And to use that platform, thats unprecedented, for the times. I wanted to make a political dimension to the evening, that was not quite the tonight show thing. I said anybody wants to hear what dr. King has to say and Bobby Kennedy has to say. Itll be good for your ratings. They were considered spokespersons for the mood of the nation. Theres a story of someone with the network asking dr. King isnt going to talk about that civil rights stuff, is he . It was a silly question. Weve got him there. What would you like him to do . Sing a song . Ladies and gentlemen, the reverend dr. Martin luther king. How old were you when you started montgomery, alabama, bus strike . I was 27, at the time. That was back in 1956. Got to ask one other question. Harry had an agenda, and he had the people to back it up. Harry had sydney potier, who by 68, was the biggest movie star in hollywood. Sydney was pushing back against the type that the industry assumed he was and needed him to be. Im so pleased to meet you. Im pleased to meet you. I am artist, man, american. When he makes in the heat of the night, hes playing a cop. And at some point, he winds up slapping this old, white man in the face. That was the year of the smack. Heard all through the neighborhood. And sydney smacked him back. Change. Just the way sydney was changing movies, at the time. Another one of harrys guests that week, bill cosby, was also changing television. He wasnt doing a thing that you had seen black men do before. He was on i spy with robert. They were both equals. He was playing an undercover agent, alongside this white man. Hello, sir. Now. And he was a very important emblem of integration, in this country. Yes, sir. Now, thats what i like. In the late 60s, television was shifting in this powerful way. It was no longer the terrain of just white people. You can get rid of the uniform. It makes me feel selfconscious. You should know how it makes me feel. So now, for the first time, white people, who probably never even came in contact with black people, were now in contact with us, in their homes. Tomorrow night, my guests are george kirby, Aretha Franklin. My job was to bring the best black americans had to offer. I want to thank you for coming tonight and for being on the show. One concentrated period which all of this mag nif sennificenc. Ni. There are thoughts that are hard to control youre not good enough but i am enough music and i know what im made of put your skin in the game with a razor that puts your skin first venus my skin. My way. 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Thats one thing i could not believe. You know, whether it was to save money or space. I mean, they were big, twoinch tapes back then. It shocked Johnny Carson when he found out about it. And it shocked the staff of the entire show. My first month at the tonight show, i kind of came in with hopeful expectations of watching all the old footage of anything thats ever been shot in the 30 rock building. However, when i looked on the video database, there were only two episodes hosted by Harry Belafonte. So i guess, no one ever thought of reruns. So all of this is lost to history, except these two half hours. One with dr. King. One with Bobby Kennedy. And five minutes with folk singer, leon bib. Theres a handful of shows that i, as a curator, would love to find. The week Harry Belafonte hosted the tonight show is one of the gems were missing. I wrote an article about it, and i became borderline obsessed with it. I started searching for what might exist. I started interviewing people. And i got introduced to this man named phil griese. This is news 12 long island. Now, the morning edition. Time right now is 6 18. And theyre rewinding some television history. There is a collection of early tv audio in old westbury. Phil has collected thousands of audio tapes. Phil, tell us, how did you get started . How many tapes do you have . There are about 2,000 programs that i collected, over the years. This is a Harry Belafonte tape from february 5th and 6th. 25 minutes. This would be the quarterinch tape. This was only audio. The First Experience with audiorecording television was when i was 14 years old. And i recorded things that nobody else has. I taped a lot of tonight shows. I recorded the first two nights with Harry Belafonte. Ladies and gentlemen, Harry Belafonte. So thanks to these audiotapes, we have a real sense of what the show was like. Got to hear harry sing a song. He apparently opened every episode with a song. And we hear him sing the folk song rock island line. The rock island line is the road im regretful that i didnt record that whole week because it was the first time that an afroamerican was asked to host five consecutive days of the tonight show. I am very, very selfconscious about the fact that i am this seat of power. It does give you the seat of power. But i tell you, my greatest comfort is to get up and do the thing i love most. I have a film id like to show you. One of the things that stands out to me was that he showed home movies of him and his family on vacation. People have asked me all the time, what do i do with my spare time . This is what i do. Watch the monitors in the studio. Thats my life and thats my 10yearold son. And thats my daughter. This is a young man by the name of ken wright, who was the United States water ski trick skiing champion. Look at those muscles. He would perform for about a month at a time, in those days, at Caesars Palace in las vegas. And one of the perks of his service to the hotel was that they gave us a yacht, every other day, and we would go out on lake mead and water ski. And he would also bring a lot of folks, celebrities, activists, on the boat. It wasnt just seeing us black people who are in show business. But seeing black People Living their lives, in ways that were more than just being a performer. It sure can. Really . Can it one up breakfast in bed . Yeah, for sure. Thanks, boys. What about that . Uhh, yep it can . Yeah, even that i would very much like to see that. Me too. Introducing tide power pods. One up the toughest stains with 50 more cleaning power than liquid detergent. Any further questions . Uh uh nope one up the power of liquid with tide power pods. Little things can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. Otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. Tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. Some people taking otezla reported weight loss. Your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. Ladies and gentlemen, miss lena horne. I never cease to be amazed at the fact that you are a grandmother. The thing that kept me from coming apart at the seams is the fact that i wanted to stay married, and i wanted to raise my children in a very tough, competitive business. I guess youve gotten right to the top in every single phase of show business there is, movies and records, radio, television, on the stage. Well, yes, im very happy now on the stage. Im beholding a vision lena horne was a pioneering africanamerican superstar who had been very outspoken politically. I dont feel like a movie star particularly, but im a new yorker. And what happens in the south happens to my state and for my state too. Its a communal effort, im sure. Lena horne became very active in politics in the early Civil Rights Movement. She even found herself blacklisted. In 1963, lena was invited to a secret civil rights meeting with thenattorney general Bobby Kennedy. She was with harry, the author james baldwin, playwright lorraine hanz bury, and some younger black civil rights workers. It did not go well. Bobby kennedy was appalled by some of their suggestions about the measures that the u. S. Should take around race, especially in the south, and the activists and the artists were appalled at his lack of deep understanding of the extent of the problem of racism in the country where he was the chief Law Enforcement officer. Will you please welcome senator Robert Kennedy. [ applause ] i ride up and down in my building every day in my building and i see a man that says hes Johnny Carson. So great to see you finally. Its not me. For the most part, my fathers relationship to Robert Kennedy had been adversarial given who Robert Kennedy really was before he made the choice to learn more about the plight of poor people. When we first got word that Bobby Kennedy had been appointed as attorney general for the United States of america, many of us saw that as an unfortunately dark choice with his record of antiliberalism, with his class interest and having no history or back with peoples of color. Go out and find his moral center, and we reached out to him, gave him opportunity to look at what was happening to the poor white children and the black community and wed him to our cause. My fathers advice was to actually go to the south. You see him coming up on a young boy leaning against a building, and asks, have you had breakfast. And the boy very warmly told him he didnt. And i remember Bobby Kennedy going to him and putting his hand against the boys cheek. I saw in that moment that Bobby Kennedy was now deeply touched and moved. He showed a deeper sense of his own humanity. He came back with new eyes and a new perspective. I think my father felt an opportunity to create intimacy there in conversation and to get his feedback. I think that there are many areas in which we have problems in the United States. Theres this great wealth that i talked about, and theres yet this great poverty. There are speeches made about the fact were going to treat everybody equally, and yet we dont treat everybody equally. He came on and spoke to issues of race through the eyes of black children. I was out in watts, and i went by to see some young men. And one of them was talking about the fact that he lived at home with his mother and nobody ever cleaned the garbage up. He said, they can draft me and send me off to fight for this country at the age of 18, but they wont let me complain about the garbage in front of my mothers house. He spent a good number of minutes talking about what he saw americas future to be. If we didnt tell untruths about ourselves, then i think that and faced up to reality, then i think our country would be much better off and our people would have much more confidence in those of us who are Public Officials and in our government as a whole. [ applause ] Bobby Kennedy became sort of this spokesman for civil rights and the whole Progress Movement and the antiwar movement. This war has been handed down and has been the delinquent child of a number of president s. Absolutely, including the administration that i was a member and served. You had the tet offensive in january 1968 where people finally see this is going terribly for americans. This war is a disaster. There are those who have been killed who are intimately involved in this great struggle. Senator, there are increasing reports out of washington that your advisers are now telling you that you should run against president johnson this year. Johnson had become extremely unpopular with young people. The war is going so badly that hes vulnerable. I have no plans. I have no plans to change the statement that ive already made. There was all kinds of speculation about would he move on to challenge Lyndon Johnson for the presidency . It was a massive story. I have tried to get bobby to use the tonight show to say that he was running for the presidency, and that i would have had, like the journalists say, id have a scoop. You said only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. 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Theyre quite popular and quite controversial. Ladies and gentlemen, the smothers brothers. I kn the smothers brothers became very political and they wanted to deal with issues that were happening in society. Look, what can the president do to make people want to stay in this country. Well, he could quit. The smothers brothers were in the middle of this massive controversy with cbs because of their opposition to the war. They would be doing jokes and mocking the president that you didnt see anywhere else. My fellow citizens because they were directly criticizing Lyndon Johnson, he wound up calling the head of cbs, william paley, at 3 00 in the morning and saying, you got to stop this. Paley did tell those guys to knock it off. The smothers brothers said, this is the show were going to do. Were not going to back off. Harry belafonte had them on. What are some of the jokes that cbs will not permit you to tell on the air. Theyve been kind enough to let us come on this show and do some of our distasteful material. Make love not war i think what was interesting about the week and something that appealed to me personally even at that age was this mix of art and politics. [ applause ] change, change, change throughout her career in the 1960s, Aretha Franklin was not afraid to make both entertainment and political music and to tie those things together in a way that would be forever transformative to popular music. Oh, youre treating me cruel just one month before the tonight show with Harry Belafonte, aretha frankly released her album. This is just one month before the tonight show, so Aretha Franklin was at the height of her creative and commercial success. She is selling more records than any woman in music at that time, and still, and shes using that money to fund the movement, to fund the activism. I believe i do believe People Get Ready youre so seduced by her voice that sometimes her activism is seen as a second tier. A song like respect, which we all know and associate with Aretha Franklin, that became a huge political anthem for so many things including the feminist movement but also Civil Rights Movement. Tonight were going to have a great night in the city of philadelphia, and i know youve heard of Harry Belafonte and Aretha Franklin and all of these other great and outstanding artists. She was very close to dr. Martin luther king. Detroit is proud of its native daughter. He was willing to work with her a lot to try to get his message to a wider group of people. Do hereby proclaim friday, february 16th as Aretha Franklin day. Martin luther king understood, coming from the black church, how important music was to conveying messages. And so Martin Luther king cultivated these deep relationships with artists who he saw as being key and vital to the spreading of his message. So many artists are willing to stand up on these particular issues, and it represents a real and genuine courage. And not only does he have the right to take a stand but a moral responsibility to do it. I was a college girl writing songs that i thought audiences really deserved to hear because how were they going to find out about the things that politicians and businessmen are trying to cover up . This is called welcome imgran imgranty, which means welcome immigrants. Its pretty silly for maybe a first or second or Third Generation american to be making fun of and refusing help to newly arrived immigrants when the fact is they havent been here that long themselves. And they came from far away to a land they didnt know the same way you do, my friend when harry invited me to come on the tonight show, of course i was thrilled. Harry was like the heart and brains of a lot of things. He always brought people from indigenous communities all over the world onto the stage, and he brought those cultures to audiences and cities and big fancy halls who otherwise would never have been able to hear those groups. Harry gave me the idea that you could be an entertaining entertainer, even if im doing hardhitting material. Youre not trying to scold or hurt people. Youre trying to give them something that otherwise they wouldnt have known. When it came to discuss what i was going to play and sing, i suggested now that the buffalos gone. Remember the times that you have held your head high now that the buffalos gone, which is a song about the building of the kinz wa dam, which is a government project thats taken the land from the seneca indians. America needed to see what we were struggling about as people of color. Its here and its now you must help us now that the buffalos gone its 5g ultra wideband, and its already available in parts of select cities. Like los angeles. 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The wrinkle guard shirt has less wrinkles and static, and more softness and freshnes a bounce out wrinkles with bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets art without content is not art. The truth of the matter is that i quit being a pop star. You cant go out there and sing protest songs and sell a million. It aint going to happen. I have to go find an art that would tell what life should be, and nothing did that better than being in the folk world. Drag it on down that dusty road come on, jerry, lets tote that load. In the history of folk music, its often seen as a kind of white music, but thats not actually true at all. You have to remember folk music represented a kind of political engagement, especially for africanamericans, that a report of r b music didnt at the time. R b music, while it was incredible music and it was fun and exciting and danceable, was not necessarily explicitly political. The folk singers had much more latitude. When we got there, the hills were steep leon bibb was a southern folk singer. He was not a household name, but he was somebody that Harry Belafonte felt could make an impact if he was in front of a wide audience. Ha america was awakened to a whole new group of black artists they never heard before, and leon was one of them. Ladies and gentlemen, my dear friend, mr. Leon bibb. There was a song called suzanne, and i just adored that song. Suzanne takes you to a place by the river you could hear the boats go by you can spend the night forever when leon bibb came on, i suggests to him that he sing this song, and it blew everybody away. Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river you can hear the boats go by i remember getting that call. God, it was a thrill. The guests that night were leon bibb, me, freda payne. Paul newman, Nipsey Russell, aaron and freddy, and reverend dr. Martin luther king. Dr. King, how old are you . Im 39 years old. In fact, i was 39 just three weeks ago. Whats the date . Do you know everybody sitting on this panel 15th of january. Do you believe hes a young fella. What are you talking about . Everybody on this panel is older than you. Wait a minute. Theres no room here for black protest. The idea that youd have Harry Belafonte talking to Nipsey Russell heres a little news. If you think that medicine has to taste bad in order to be good, just watch. To have Martin Luther king talking to paul newman where a white persons the minority on the stage . Come on, thats crazy. Paul newman, one of the great actors of the time and very celebrated, had never done a talk show before. I know all of the artists who sit on this panel tonight feel very strongly about the war in vietnam and we oppose it. We also have been through the years as committed to civil rights as we could possibly be. I never put this question to paul before, but, paul, how do you answer people who say to you that as a top star, living the luxury of american life, that you could turn your back against the nation. What do you do . You give up your citizenship because you become an actor . I remember the night with dr. King. Unlike the coverage that was in the papers and on tv too, this was a different side of dr. King. He was relaxed. He was smiling. Well, im delighted to be, harry. And i tell you one of the reasons im so happy to be here, i flew out of washington this afternoon, and as soon as we started out, they notified us that the plane had mechanical difficulties. And i dont want to give you an impression that as a baptist preacher, i dont have faith in god in the air. Its simply that ive had more experience with him on the ground. [ applause ] i was kind of amused that he knew how to get laughter, which is something that you dont see in his speeches because hes so serious. 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Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. The week that dr. King was on the tonight show, he was traveling all over the country to support the Poor Peoples Campaign. It is my hope that we will really stand up to gain power for poor people, black people, mexicanamericans, american indians, puerto ricans, appalachian whites all working together to solve the problem of poverty. He got it from all sides. His own staff said, we havent finished a black lib movement in the south. Now youre saying this campaign is going to have white coal miners and mexicans . Youre taking my budget and giving it to white folks . I think the time has come to bring to bear the nonviolent direct Action Movement on the Economic Conditions that we face all over the country. He finally got his staff preparing to go up to washington to start the campaign, and then the garbage strike in memphis happened. A public official orders men to get back to work and treats them as though they are not men. Thats a racist point of view. They said, we are treated like garbage. Thats where the slogan, i am a man comes from. I am a man, not garbage. And dr. King said, if this is not what the Poor Peoples Campaign is about, nothing is. We have to go to memphis. You are demanding that this city will respect the dignity of labor. There was a rising black power movement. There was a perception that dr. King was not moving fast enough for the younger black folks and the black nationalists. Certainly black people in this country were deeply frustrated by existing black leadership. There was really no aggressive voice doing for us what youth felt should be done. They were going to become the provocateurs. They were going to become the radical voice. Do you think youll be able to keep in nonviolent, dr. King . Yes, i think so. I dont have any doubt in my mind about that. Mr. Carmichael, are you as committed to the nonviolent approach as dr. King is . No, im not. No one in this country is asking the White Community in the south to be nonviolent, and that in a sense is giving them a free license to go ahead and shoot us at will. Harry would host meetings in his apartment in which dr. King would have truce talks. Harry was somebody who was trusted by the radical young kids and by dr. King. He had this ambassador role. The week that dr. King was on the tonight show, i dont think anybody in america knew all the strains that were colliding. He extended all of the movements that he was involved with beyond the capacity of any man. He had denounced the vietnam war. The fact is when we spend approximately 500,000 to kill each viet cong soldier while we spend only about 53 a year for every person categorized as poverty stricken. The cruel truth is dr. King had been denounced in the media. The New York Times and Washington Post said hes trying to be a peace leader. He should stick to civil rights. Well never respect him again. He was a very beleaguered person when he came on the tonight show because he was having trouble getting people to understand how all of his messages fit together, and there was a sense that the zeitgeist had moved past him. Do you fear for your life . It was well known that dr. King was getting death threats, and dr. King went through a period of being very fearful actually. He was only human. We have lived with this a number of years now, since we started out in montgomery, alabama, in 1956. I had to deal with this problem because if i moved around worrying about it, it would completely immobilize me. And so ive come to the point that i take this whole matter very philosophically. Im more concerned about doing something for humanity and what i consider the will of god than about longevity ultimately. It isnt so important how long you live. The important thing is how well you live. The tonight show was definitely his last Major Television appearance. He didnt have that Many National television appearances. I mean its easy to forget how segregated American Media still was in that era. Dr. King, thank you so much for being here. Great honor. Good night. Thank you for being with us. [ applause ] here . Nope. Here. When the middle of nowhere. Is somewhere. The allnew chevy trailblazer. We do things differently and aother money managers, dont understand why. Because our way works great for us but not for your clients. Thats why were a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. So, what do you provide . Cookie cutter portfolios . Nope. We tailor portfolios to our clients needs. But you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right . We dont have those. So, whats in it for you . Our fees are structured so we do better when our clients do better. At Fisher Investments were clearly different. 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The university of oxford and astrazeneca halted the trial after a participant got sick. Phase three Clinical Trials in the uk are back on for whats considered to be one of the leading Coronavirus Vaccine candidates. Now back to the sitin. What can i say about Harry Belafonte . Hes one of a kind. Would you welcome Harry Belafonte. [ applause ] just about a month after harrys hosting gig, Johnny Carson had him back on the tonight show to talk about it. Did you have a ball with it . I caught you a couple of nights. It looked like you were having a good time. I had a marvelous time. We ended with ratings that were larger than the ones we opened with, and we opened with the largest numbers in the history of the show. I must honestly say that each and every member of your staff did everything in the world to make me comfortable. He took out a full page in variety thanking the entire staff and all the guests that were on the show, and it did say, i enjoyed my sitin on the tonight show. You had a great week once you laid back and have fun with it. You cant go too far wrong. But you never know that in the beginning. No. I also got a number of letters protesting they didnt want to be preached to. People came there to be entertained. We consciously put before the public all of the issues that they saw during the past week with the knowledge they were hearing what they never have heard before. There were mixed reactions. There were people that watched the vietnam war during dinner time, and by the time it came to 11 30 at night, they just wanted to relax. He willed a world into being for one week. He really wanted to create this integrated world and show us how good it could be. Some people walked in and loved it, and some people slammed the door shut. For those of you who might not be aware, there was a i guess we can determine an incident that happened during the taping with harry and petula clark. It was out in california, wasnt it . Yes, out at the nbc studio. Blessed are the meek they say they shall win where others lose just about a month after petula clark appeared with harry on the tonight show, she invited harry on to her own special. Even will be brought to justice on the path of glory path of glory is a protest song. Its about these young men going off to war. And in rehearsal, we were both very moved by it. So when we came to tape it, that emotion showed, and i put my hand on harrys arm. Why should men be forced to kill why should they be made to die and thats when all the problems started with the sponsor. Ms. Clark reached up and put her right hand on my arm like this, and it [ laughter ] i like that. Not half bad at all really. Anyway wait till you see what were accused of tomorrow. [ laughter ] hes touching a white lady. Hes touching oh, did he just kiss oh. Its petula clark. He touched a white lady. Youre not supposed to do that. She was called the plymouth girl, the plymouth representative on the set. He said, no, no, no. Youre not through. We have to take the touch out. They wanted to sell cars in the south, so that was a nono. My star thats to say me cant be touching a black mans arm. At that time i turned to pet clark and said its your show. What do you want to do. She said, the touch stays. In a time when the nation is really struggling for its soul, on the heels of the president s report on the riots that took place in the summer, i believe that all of us have a responsibility to do everything we can to salvage the best thats in america because theres a great deal thats good about it. Like anybody, i would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But im not concerned about that now. Dr. King had developed severe and he would constantly in the middle of a moment, have a hiccupping fit. Then somewhere down the line i discovered that tic was no longer as evident. And i asked him, you seem to have gotten over the hiccup. What happened . And he said, its very simple, harry. He said, i made my peace with death. Martin had been in my home a few days before he was murdered. At 7 10 this evening, Martin Luther king was shot in tennessee. Martin luther king 20 minutes ago died. I heard he had been shot when a member of my staff came into the living room of my home to tell me to turn on the television and to take a look. And i could not believe. I cannot talk a lot about that period. I get upset, the emotion of the time. The first time i ever saw my father cry was at the announcement of the assassination of dr. King. I think he kind of went numb a little bit. Assassinations seem to be a big part of the American Horror story. Whats the worst experience you had in terms of being on the receiving end of prejudice . I think the death of dr dr. King. Very personally, it was a prejudiced act, a sick act that snuffed out his life in a time when our nation needed him desperately. We were very, very close. He dove into the work to defend against, i think, feeling that deeper pain and shock because how does one really recover from that . Its something that you carry forever. In the work that we were doing in the Civil Rights Movement, with not only dr. King but all of the other leaders of that period, we were aware that we were stirring up a hornets nest and that there was going to be a price to be paid. Martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. About a month after he was on the tonight show with harry, Bobby Kennedy actually declared that he was indeed going to run for president. For a lot of us young black and mexicanamerican men, Bobby Kennedy gave us hope again. We spoke about an america that was really the dream and the wish that everybody possessed. Every american, no matter what his background, what his creed, what color of his skin or where he lives, shall walk with dignity and honor in the United States. We need you i had been campaigning with him quite intensely, so i had been very much involved with bobby, talking about all of the issues of a campaign. In going to california, none of us were concerned about his welfare in that community because of all the places, california was certainly one of the most liberal environments. Robert kennedy is dead. Hes gone the same way his brother did. When he was taken away from us, there was a void that he just left that has yet to be filled. The loss of dr. King coupled with what happened with Bobby Kennedy set us up as a nation to become as mismanaged as we are presenting ourselves to be at this moment. The death of those two men changed the american climate severely. Well, heres to first dates you look amazing. And you look amazingly comfortable. 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He knew what was happening to the country, and he thought it was important enough to turn his whole show over to that topic. All of the words and phrases youve heard the past four days, i think the immediate thing was were a violent nation, were a sick society. Whats wrong with us . Were living like animals. What is wrong with this country . What the Harry Belafonte week did was open the door to serious conversation on these latenight shows about serious things. But i say that this country has been going through a revolution in the last few years. This country is in turmoil, and i know that there is this seed of revolution, a seed of change thats going through. The idea that people just before they would go to bed would be interested not only in entertainment but politics, this was something that Harry Belafonte proved in 1968. And i, for one, welcome the fact that artists have taken a stand for peace and have taken a stand for justice. I think since 1968, its been very hard for folks. The countrys never been the same. And its been terrific, but i think it it may have angered folks, which led us to where we are today. The violence is still in america. What have we missed in trying to reach those people with our message . Im now 90 years old, and ive been at this game since i was a teenager. The backlash has continued ever since the 1960s. Dr. King said theres going to be a tremendous resentment against the government for sponsoring civil rights. Youve had a cynicism and an Antigovernment Movement as a way of dealing with race without actually mentioning race. Television and politics, late night would come to fruition in the 90s with jon stewart and others, making us more uncomfortable as we approached sleep, worrying about the country and all the issues facing us. Nine people were shot in a black church by a white guy who hated them, who wanted to start some kind of civil war. If youre with a group of people and theyre chanting things like jews will not replace us and you dont immediately leave that group, you are not a very fine person. Isnt it interesting how every time republicans create a voting restriction, it just so happens to disproportionately affect people of the brownbrown, huh . Trump isnt the only one john bolton implicates in his book. He also names angry baby bird mike pompeo. Pompeo pompeo even if trump is reelected, this ukraine story will haunt him until the blessed day when hes forcibly plunged out of the white house like a toilet clog. Late night has become increasingly political in the trump years, which is good, but remains very, very white. The first late night host from south carolina. Right. And the ba jillenth white guy. Exactly. This chewing gum tastes funny. Its 1,000 for the tenth anniversary iphone. I didnt spend 1,000 on my tenth wedding anniversary, okay . I think its been tough for black people to have longrunning shows in late night because of the lack of investment. Kamala harris is being criticized for not being black enough. Yes, which frankly is the same criticism ive had to endure my entire career. White male late night hosts are given a lot more room to grow. Believe me, however shocked you are that i am doing this job, you will never be as shocked as i am. Some late night hosts as arsenio hall. There are some people in utah saying, who he is . From 1968 until arsenio hall, to that have long 1968 to arsen is wild to me. It took a long in between because i think he did too good a job and scared everybody. They said oh, no were not going to do this for a while, were not giving you the late night. And to this day not much dark meat in late night. Now, this week marks one year since trumps election. Now the traditional First Anniversary gift is paper so we got him this. Theres been a rotating door of women in late night. Most never went beyond one season. Whoopi. I need to hear black women and i need to hear black men and i need to hear latinas and asian people. I need to hear everyones opinions. Otherwise youre just getting one and that is never the truth. Thats whats so important what Harry Bellafonte did then back in 1968. Trump is like so crazy, so wild. See if he had black friends who would have told him. I think weve got to keep working to make that a reality and create a space where black people will always have a stake and a say and always be able to take about the issues that matter. To us and that matter to the world at large. Well, i think the legacy of that week was speaking to issues that had serious content and intent and how easily we did it as a people. I thought what we were talking about was grossly entertaining. I thought the subtext, to hear people talk about the craft that brought them to public limelight. 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