To Boldly Go: Test How Well You Know Star Trek

Which civil rights leader convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay with the show after its first season?

Retry Correct Incorrect Nichelle Nichols was planning to quit Star Trek after season one when Martin Luther King Jr. changed her mind. He told her she had become a symbol, but if she left she could be replaced with a cute blonde and she would be erased from history.

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Which civil rights leader convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay with the show after its first season?

• Malcolm X
• Rosa Parks
• Muhammad Ali
• Martin Luther King Jr.