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04-02-2018, 03:34 PM
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https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/04/harry-belafonte-petula-clark-1968-civil-rights-arm-touch-national-commotion

The fleeting moment on an NBC primetime special between Petula Clark and Harry Belafonte on April 2, 1968 while they sung the anti-war song "On the Path of Glory" "was controversial enough to prompt an executive with the Chrysler Corporation, the program’s sponsor, to protest vehemently—turning what one critic would eventually call 'a stylish, sophisticated musical hour' into an inter-racial cause célèbre," says Donald Liebenson.