When "The Sit-In" documentary aired in 2021, PBS interviewed two of the filmmakers: director Yoruba Richen and producer Joan Walsh.

This 8ish-minute segment gives a bit of the backstory of how Harry Belafonte came to sit in for Johnny Carson; the array of guests from Lena Horne to MLK, Jr.; and the impact of this historic week of television on viewers in the U.S.

#HarryBelafonte #civilRights #politics #VietnamWar #theWarOnPoverty #television #history #RIP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTU1Dc31-x0

When "The Sit-In" documentary first aired in 2021, PBS NewsHour interviewed two of the filmmakers: director Yoruba Richen and producer Joan Walsh.

This 8ish-minute segment gives a bit of the backstory of how Harry Belafonte came to sit in for Johnny Carson; the array of guests from Lena Horne to MLK, Jr.; and the impact of this historic week of television on viewers in the U.S.

#HarryBelafonte #civilRights #politics #VietnamWar #theWarOnPoverty #theSixties #TV

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTU1Dc31-x0