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First Inter-racial Kiss on TV

29/07/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, First Inter-racial Kiss on TV

In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show

In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show. The actress was Joan Hooley - she remembers the public reaction to that embrace.

In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show. The show was called Emergency Ward 10. The actress was Joan Hooley. She remembers the public reaction to that embrace.

(Photo: Joan Hooley today. Credit: Made in Manchester)

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