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TIL Nichelle Nichols planned to quit her role as Lieutenant Uhura on “Star Trek” after the first season to pursue her dream of a Broadway career. She was convinced by a huge fan of the show to stay on for the sake of representation of black females in media. That fan was Martin Luther King Jr.

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