*** Quoting Bill Nichols to Zorch Frezberg dated 01-03-98 ***
> ZF>In this case, the "Trek history books" are substantially _wrong_.
> 
> Something along the lines of the proverbial "Big Lie."  Not done
> with malice aforethought, as such, just one of those things that
> people've heard so many times & for so long they can't believe
> it's not true. 
Just for the record..
I was a fan of TOS during it's initial NBC run, and I remember the 
controversy surrounding this epsiode very clearly.
AT THE TIME, it was big news and the first interracial kiss on network TV, 
and some southern stations refused to air it.
Now it may or may not have BEEN the first interracial kiss on network TV, but 
at that time and for many years afterward (if not still) it held that 
distinction.
FWIW.
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