"Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star……" — Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the… - Nichelle Nichols

"Nichelle Nichols had decided leave the original Star Trek series after the first season. Fed up with racist harassment and limitation, culminating with her learning that studio executives were withholding her fan mail, she submitted her resignation. She withdrew it when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her that her role was too important a cultural breakthrough to leave."

— Nichelle Nichols

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