Why Nichelle Nichols Almost Quit Star Trek | The Breakdown with Dara Starr Tucker
July 18, 2023
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as posted by the channelYou may know about the kiss shared between actress Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner -- what's widely thought of as the first interracial kiss on American television, but you may not know the deeper story of the hostility Nichols had to endure behind the scenes, and how close she came to walking away from the show altogether -- a decision that was curtailed by a very influential voice.
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