Producer David Susskind and writer Millard Lampell won an award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith for this episode.
This episode caused a controversy when CBS cut out a scene showing white star George C. Scott dancing with black guest-star Ruby Dee, in order not to offend its affiliates in the South, which was strictly segregated at the time. Scott loudly and publicly blasted CBS for its action, calling the network "cowards".
At one point in the story, Ruby Dee's character makes a sarcastic comment about baseball star Jackie Robinson. Ruby Dee played Jackie Robinson's wife, Rae Robinson in the 1950 movie "The Jackie Robinson Story" starring Jackie Robinson as himself.