It's been widely stated that the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren", airing on 22 November 1968, had "the very first televised interracial kiss", which was between Kirk (William Shatner) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). For instance, the Huffington Post said (empahsis mine):

Nichols stayed with “Star Trek,” and it’s a good thing she did — otherwise she may not have had a chance to make history again by being part of the very first televised interracial kiss, with Capt. Kirk, no less.

Was this really TV's first interracial kiss? Were there any lesser-known interracial kisses that might have predated it?

It's been widely stated that the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren", airing on 22 November 1968, had "the very first televised interracial kiss", which was between Kirk (William Shatner) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). For instance, the Huffington Post said (empahsis mine):

Nichols stayed with “Star Trek,” and it’s a good thing she did — otherwise she may not have had a chance to make history again by being part of the very first televised interracial kiss, with Capt. Kirk, no less.

Was this really TV's first interracial kiss? Were there any lesser-known interracial kisses that might have predated it?

It's been widely stated (for instance, by Huffington Post) that the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren", airing on 22 November 1968, had the first interracial kiss on TV, which was between Kirk (William Shatner) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols).

Was this really TV's first interracial kiss? Were there any lesser-known interracial kisses that might have predated it?

It's been widely stated that the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren", airing on 22 November 1968, had "the very first televised interracial kiss", which was between Kirk (William Shatner) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). For instance, the Huffington Post said (empahsis mine):

Nichols stayed with “Star Trek,” and it’s a good thing she did — otherwise she may not have had a chance to make history again by being part of the very first televised interracial kiss, with Capt. Kirk, no less.

Was this really TV's first interracial kiss? Were there any lesser-known interracial kisses that might have predated it?