Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols almost quit after Star Trek's first season

Luckily for Trekkies, Dr. Martin Luther King intervened.

Star Trek changed Nichelle Nichols' mind about the space program

The 'Star Trek' legend who spent her days in space once opposed the space program.

William Shatner was confronted by Nichelle Nichols' eight-year-old son the first time they met

The inauspicious meeting happened after Nichols got in a car accident on the way to her brand-new Star Trek job.