"The Color of Friendship" is a 1981 episode of the American television anthology series ABC Afterschool Special.
[1] 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.
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.
Won Best Children's Special or Episode in a Series award in 1982.