Love. It Comes in All Colors
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Love. It Comes in All Colors was a National Urban Coalition television commercial and print advertisement from 1970. It was part of a campaign to promote racial harmony. It featured political activists, and celebrities from sports, show business, government, and business.
The television commercial showed the assembled group singing several repetitions of the chorus to "Let The Sun Shine In" from the musical Hair. The commercial ended with the words "Love. It Comes in All Colors." superimposed upon the screen. It was broadcast as a public service announcement during shows such as the March 8, 1970 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show [1] (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-1156/epid-107418).
The following is a partial list of the celebrities who participated: Cannonball Adderley, Robert Alda, Joseph Allen, Cleveland Amory, Jim Backus, Orson Bean, Texas State Senator Joseph Bernal, Dan Blocker, Ralph Bunche, David Canary, Bobby Capo, Topper Carew, Johnny Carson, Lisle Carter, Peggy Cass, Ray Charles, Roberto Clemente, Frederick Close, Miriam Colon, Carlos Conde, Robert Contreras, Congressman John Conyers, Bob Cousy, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Fernando del Rio, Jack Dempsey, Mildred Dunnock, Pamela Anne Eldred, Jerry Enomoto, James Farmer, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Arlene Francis, Herman Gallegos, activist John W. Gardner, Will Geer, Arthur Goldberg, Harry Golden, Joel Grey, Merv Griffin, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mayor Richard G. Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, Andrew Heiskell, Gustav Heningburg, Bill Hosokawa, Chet Huntley, Sen. Daniel Inouye, Anne Jackson, John Johnson, Stacy Keach, Harry Kitano, Jack Klugman, Joshua Logan, Myrna Loy, Earl Lucas, Keye Luke, Ray Martel, Doug McClure, Ali MacGraw, Ray Martel, Butterfly McQueen, Dina Merrill, Mitch Miller, Joseph Monserrat, Greg Morris, Mildred Natwick, Leonard Nimoy, Jerry Orbach, Gordon Parks, Jacob Potofsky, Leontyne Price, Carl Reiner, John D. Rockefeller III, John Russell, Bayard Rustin, William Seneca, James Shigeta, David Susskind, Abe Tapia, Franklin Thomas, Gwen Verdon, Danny Villanueva, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Eli Wallach, Roy Wilkins, Flip Wilson, and Whitney Young.
Hair cast members participating included Obie Bray, Mary Lorrie Davis, Sally Eaton, Leata Galloway, Fluffer Hirsch, Pat Lambert, Cliff Lipson, Charles O. Lynch, Robin McNamara, Melba Moore, Cassandra Morgan, Allan Nicholls, Debbie Offner, Shelley Plimpton, George Tipton, Singer Williams, and Lillian Wong.
External links and sources
- Magazine Advertisement (http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/CoalitionMagAd.html)
- Article (http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/UrbanCoalition.html) from TV Guide
- Article (http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/PhotoNYMag1-70.html) from New York magazine