The Color of Friendship (ABC Afterschool Special)

(Redirected from The Color of Friendship (1981)) 4th episode of the 10th season of ABC Afterschool Special

"The Color of Friendship"
ABC Afterschool Special episode
Episode no.	Season 10 Episode 4
Original air date	November 11, 1981 (1981-11-11)
Guest appearances
Chris Barnes Katharine Houghton James Bond III

"The Color of Friendship" is a 1981 episode of the American television anthology series ABC Afterschool Special. It is about the friendship between two 13-year-old boys, one black and one white, in a small town that has just started integrating its schools.

Plot

David Bellinger is a middle-class white teenager living in the fictitious city of Marston. Joel Garth is a poor black teenager from the infamous "center" of the city, a depressed, crime-ridden area. David's school is targeted for integration by busing students from "the center" to David's more affluent neighborhood.

Cast

Chris Barnes - David Bellinger
Katharine Houghton - Miss James
James Bond III - Joel Garth

Awards

Won Best Children's Special or Episode in a Series award in 1982.

References

"The Color of Friendship". TV.com. November 11, 1981.

External links

"The Color of Friendship" at IMDb

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Selected episodes	"Last of the Curlews" (1972) "Fawn Story" (1975) "Me & Dad's New Wife" (1976) "My Mom's Having a Baby" (1977) "The Pinballs" (1977) "Dinky Hocker" (1978) "Where Do Teenagers Come From?" (1980) "Stoned" (1980) "My Mother Was Never a Kid" (1981) "The Color of Friendship" (1981) "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (1983) "The Wave" (1983) "Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia" (1984) "The Almost Royal Family" (1984) "Terrible Things My Mother Told Me" (1988) "Positive: A Journey Into AIDS" (1995)

ABC Afterschool Special

Selected
episodes

"Last of the Curlews" (1972)
"Fawn Story" (1975)
"Me & Dad's New Wife" (1976)
"My Mom's Having a Baby" (1977)
"The Pinballs" (1977)
"Dinky Hocker" (1978)
"Where Do Teenagers Come From?" (1980)
"Stoned" (1980)
"My Mother Was Never a Kid" (1981)
"The Color of Friendship" (1981)
"The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (1983)
"The Wave" (1983)
"Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia" (1984)
"The Almost Royal Family" (1984)
"Terrible Things My Mother Told Me" (1988)
"Positive: A Journey Into AIDS" (1995)

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