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Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Nichelle Nichols on Star Talk Radio

Nichelle Nichols met Martin Luther King Jr. at the exact right time.

Nichelle recounts for Neil how she told Gene Roddenberry she was going to quit the show to go to Broadway, only to have Dr. King, who called himself her biggest fan, convince her to remain on the show because of the importance of her role to the black community, his family, and to Dr. King himself.

It’s a wonderful story. I welled up a few times.

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