“America was scandalized by Anne kissing Sidney??”
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Back then, yes. Particularly in the south where segregation still existed and God help you if you were white and married to a black person.
The south I understand, maybe, but not in my house. And not in many other places. Sidney was married to a white woman as was Sammy Davis and a hell of a lot of other people. Dorien Leigh was engaged to Harry Belefonte although it never went through - that was in the 50s.