# and man will live forever more because of christmas day.# pioneering singer and campaigner harry belafonte who has died at the age of stop i spoke tojoan walsh, producer of the documentary the sit in: harry belafonte hosts the tonight show. i asked why it was important for him to host the programme in 1968. it was 1968, as you know, our country was just ramped by riots and the anti war movement was turning people apart and even the civil rights movement was coming apart between a younger generation that was ready for black power and an older generation that was still pushing for non violence, integration. harry straddled the two factions in a crucial way that kept people
anti war movement was turning people apart and even the civil rights movement was coming apart between a younger generation that was ready for black power and an older generation that was still pushing for non violence, integration. harry straddled the two factions in a crucial way that kept people talking to each other. people would go talk to each other. people would go talk to each other at his upper west side apartment in new york here. hejust did. he was the glue for so much that mattered in that period. and also when i found out about that week, i was like, how do people not know about that? so i think those two things, knowing that he was such, he was a civil rights hero to me more than an entertainer. but
it was 1968 as you know, our country was just ramped by riots and the anti war movement was turning people apart and even the civil rights movement was coming apart between a younger generation that was ready for black power and an older generation that was still pushing for non violence, integration. harry straddled the two factions in a crucial way that kept people talking to each other. people would go talk to each other at his upper west side apartment in new york here. hejust did. he was the glue for so much that mattered in that period. and also when i found out about that week, i was like, how do people not know about that? so i think those two things, knowing that he was such,
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