Belafonte. Not OJ Simpson.

In 1968, NBC invited her to host her own special, and in doing so she inadvertently made television history. During a duet of an anti-war song she had composed, "On the Path of Glory," with guest Harry Belafonte, Clark innocently touched his arm, much to the dismay of a representative from Chrysler, the show's sponsor, who feared the brief moment would offend Southern viewers at a time when racial conflict was still a major issue in the US. When he insisted they substitute a different take, with Clark and Belafonte standing well away from each other, she and husband Wolff, producer of the show, refused and delivered the finished program to NBC with the touch intact. It aired on April 8, 1968 to high ratings and much critical acclaim, and marked the first time a man and woman of different races exchanged friendly bodily contact on American television.