Here is a TV interview from the archives of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" from May, 1968 that presents a rare chat show appearance by Marlon Brando, who was motivated to appear in order to discuss the recent assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Apparently only a B&W video exists of the appearance.) Brando discusses the fact that he had been looking forward to reuniting with director Elia Kazan to star in "The Arrangement". However, King's assassination motivated him to back out of his film career temporarily in order to launch a charitable drive with the goal of bringing about racial equality. He and Carson have a somber discussion about the state of race relations in America and both agree that if people don't learn to coexist peacefully, then extremists from both sides of the political spectrum will fill the void. Their observations are thoughtful and prescient, and unfortunately could easily be deemed as relevant for current day America. Looking at the video today, there is a haunting aspect to it. We know that as dire as the nation's situation was in May, 1968, it was about to get a lot worse with the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy just one month later, something that Brando and Carson probably couldn't even conceive of in those dark days.