The first interracial marriage in what is today the United States was that of the woman today commonly known as Pocahontas, who married tobacco planter John Rolfe in 1614. The Quaker Zephaniah Kingsley married (outside the U.S.) a black enslaved woman that he bought in Cuba.

When was the first interracial marriage in the USA?

1614 And 50 years on, many of their effects remain. The first recorded interracial marriage in American history was the celebrated marriage of the daughter of a Powhatan chief and an English tobacco planter in 1614.

What was the first interracial kiss on screen?

Platos Stepchildren It is often said that the first interracial kiss on TV was the (involuntary) kiss between Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) and translator and communications officer Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) in the Star Trek episode “Platos Stepchildren” that was broadcast on the 22nd of November 1968.

Is it legal to marry a cousin?

(b) between 2 siblings (whether of the whole blood or the half-blood). While it may be presumed that an ancestor or descendant of the person would include a first cousin, it does not. So, while it is illegal (for good reason) to marry your parents or your grandparents, you are legally able to marry your first cousin.

Who kissed Uhura?

In the Season Two episode Mirror, Mirror, first broadcast on October 6, 1967, Kirk and Lt. Marlena Moreau (played by BarBara Luna, an actress of Filipino-European ancestry) kiss on the lips, while Mirror-Sulu kisses Uhuras neck.