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television executives began to see what blacks could bring to this world of science fiction, and we got to see more afterwards. - [captain kirk] space, the final frontier. ( star trek theme music) - as the 60s progressed, a new frontier was being forged. and one of those was star trek , developed and created by gene roddenberry. - it s very serious. - engage. (electronic beeping) - star trek was a landmark moment where we lived in this new egalitarian society. and gene roddenberry talked about the idea of having a flight crew of different races. - when i brought in a mixed racial crew, both the network and desilu studios, which had it at that time, came in saying, what are you doing? you re going to ruin us. - [captain kirk] lieutenant uhura. (intense music) - that was one of the first times i saw myself
in the sci-fi genre. - and after the first season of star trek martin luther king met with nichelle nichols. and she told him that she wanted to quit the show. so martin luther king said no, you can t quit. - he says, you have the first non-stereotypical role on television for the world to see. this is not a black role and it s not a female role and you ve got it. - nichelle nichols, her character as uhura gave us whoopi goldberg, i think it gave us levar burton. so it gave us black actors who were in this sci-fi genre. - i m glad to hear it. - i actually came into star trek in the next generation and so levar burton was the primary representation there, geordi la forge. - that is not right. i was certain that - geordi la forge and lieutenant commander worf really were the brothers in outer space. - well everyone s very curious about you.
can you get rid of the black guy? (chuckles) they didn t feel cosby would work. sydney sheldon refused. he really stuck with cosby on that. and it proved to be right. - this time, there s no element of surprise, no car crashes. - [hannah] cosby won an emmy for that portrayal. and the series went on to receive a golden globe in 1967. - certainly, i think it was a landmark moment. what s frustrating, is then you think about how much time passed from the time that he had that role, before there was the notion of equal billing, right? between the two, it took forever to get back to that again. - also, white america had to acknowledge that something had changed, not just on television, but in america. and immediately after i spy, 1966 was called the year of the negro on television. you had shows like star trek, and you had uhura, this black woman on this mission
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