Live long and prosper? Nichelle Nichols sure has. At the height of the American civil rights movement, she played “Star Trek’s” Lieutenant Uhura-then one of television’s few confident, strong Black female characters. It was a trailblazing role she nearly walked away from-until a certain legendary activist and super fan intervened. Who knew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Trekkie?
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