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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

the first black/white kiss.

...in a drama series. This was the first:

That's Lynn Fontanne kissing Sammy Davis, Jr. at the 1965 Emmys.

As far as the first interracial kiss, that does have a star trek connection- Desi kissing Lu in 1951.

On top of that, Shatner himsellf kissed France Nuyen on the Ed Sullivan show in 1958.

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/11/not-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv/

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

And of course it shall always be the first kiss between a black woman and a white man in space on tv.

I cracked up a bit at this. That was a great write up, I didn't know before about Desilu's involvement in making that kiss happen and their earlier milestone, that's quite cool.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Specifically why I said black/white. and peck on the cheek isn't consider a "kiss" by most people. (although it probably caused a stir). This was also right in the middle of the black civil rights movement which made it that much more risky.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Okay then, you'll have to go with Sammy again and Nancy Sinatra:

That would have been in 1967. Plato's Stepchildren was a year later.

On top of that, you have to further specify that this is only on American TV, because Gordon Heath kissed Rosemary Harris in a production of Othello on the BBC in 1955.

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Holy shit my boy Shatner they're both so beautiful ๐Ÿ˜

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