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January, 1967 This issue of the monthly, featured Nichlle Nichols. Today we’ve come to expect at least a black face or two in our nightly television lineup. But in 1967, this was less likely, which is why Nichols’ role as Uhura was particularly impactful at the time, so much so that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged her to stick with it after she planned on quitting  after the first season.

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