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And not just any fan: pioneering civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is the reason why Nichols's communications officer, Lt. Uhura, stayed on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise throughout ...
Nichols as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on Star Trek, 1967. On Star Trek, Nichols was one of the first Black women featured in a major television series. Her prominent supporting role as a bridge officer was unprecedented. [2] She was once tempted to leave the series; however, a conversation with Martin Luther King Jr. changed her mind.
Nichols planned to leave Star Trek in 1967 after its first season, wanting to return to musical theater. [8] She changed her mind after talking to Martin Luther King Jr. [9] who was a fan of the show. King explained that her character signified a future of greater racial harmony and cooperation. [10]
Nichelle Nichols wanted to pursue a career on the stage. But MLK, a fan who viewed her "Star Trek" role as pioneering, persuaded her to think twice. Nichelle Nichols remembers MLK at Comic-Con [Video]
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 American direct-to-video animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.Produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. and Intellectual Properties Worldwide and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment under the CBS/Fox Video label, it was released three days before Martin Luther King Jr.'s 70th birthday and was the ...
3. He Became a Civil Rights Leader at Just 26. In 1955, Martin Luther King Jr. was elected to the executive committee of the Montgomery, Alabama, NAACP and president of the Montgomery Improvement ...
The philosopher Cornel West remarked: . Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the greatest organic intellectuals in American history. His unique ability to connect the life of the mind to the struggle for freedom is legendary, and in this book—his last grand expression of his vision—he put forward his most prophetic challenge to powers that be and his most progressive program for the wretched ...