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Nichols planned to leave the show to sing and dance on broadway.

She remembers MLK saying to her: “‘I am the biggest Trekkie on the planet, and I am lieutenant Uhura’s most ardent fan… Do you not understand what God has given you? … You have the first important non-traditional role, non-stereotypical role. … You cannot abdicate your position. You are changing the minds of people across the world, because for the first time, through you, we see ourselves and what can be.”

Nichols: “I met Whoopi Goldberg when [she] was doing The Next Generation and she had told me when Star Trek came on she was 9 years old and she said she turned the TV on and saw me and ran through the house screaming: ‘Come quick, come quick. Theres a black lady on TV and she ain’t no maid!’ And that did something to my heart, so I knew that I had made the right decision, because as Dr. King said, you have been chosen.”

“I think it’s been one of the most remarkable things in my career … that this one character that was a gift to me … became this iconic image and inspired and impacted so many people’s lives in positive ways.”