Talk:First interracial kiss on television

Useful addition
It would be useful if someone could find the first time a black man was allowed to kiss a white woman on American TV. We never seem to hear anyone talk about this. I recall reading that (on American TV at least), it didn't happen until some soap opera in the late '70s (and that of course leaves open the question of when this was first allowed to happen in prime time). Anyone know anything about this? Did the Willises ever kiss on The Jeffersons? I don't seem to remember them doing so. Daniel Case (talk) 15:38, 14 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Well for the UK, the so-far earliest known one was June 1962, with black actor Lloyd Reckord and white actress Elizabeth MacLennan. Not sure about the US.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.149.64.146 (talk) 09:03, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Photo of the kiss from You in Your Small Corner
Could someone upload the photo in The Guardian of the kiss in You in Your Small Corner, please? I'm sure it will be covered by fair use.

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Hawaii Five-O
I'm not sure if this is worth an honorable mentions, but Jack Lord and Nancy Kwan kissed several times in the pilot episode "Cocoon" of Hawaii Five-O. This originally aired September 20, 1968, more than two months before "Plato's Stepchildren". Apparently by that time the White/Asian barrier was already broken because I don't remember hearing about any controversy surrounding it. --RDBury (talk) 18:01, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the 1959 episode of 'Sea Hunt' was a white/Asian kiss that predates 'Hawaii Five-0' by a lot. Bkatcher (talk) 18:07, 29 December 2021 (UTC)