Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner embrace in what is widely credited as America’s first interracial kiss on TV.
Why was Nichelle Nichols TV kiss more than just a kiss?
Worried about reaction from Southern television stations, showrunners filmed the kiss between Shatner and Nichols — their lips are mostly obscured by the back of Nichols’ head — and wanted to film a second where it happened off-screen.