In an interview years later, Nichols recalled, "I said well why don't you do an alliteration of it and softened the end with an 'a' and it will be Uhura." Roddenberry said, 'That's it' It is your name.
She almost quit the show after one season because she was frustrated with her lines being cut and she faced racism. After meeting Martin Luther King Jr., she decided to stay with it.
She said that he told her that they would be seen as intelligent, quality, beautiful people on television. Gene Roddenberry has opened a way for the world to see us. The door can be closed if you left.
At that time the world tilted for me.
She continued to fight for lines and integrity. She recalled that a new director insisted that she do something cutesy that she wouldn't do. After Roddenberry backed her up, she relented.
She used her hands to make quotes for a documentary about her life and work with NASA. I wouldn't treat it that way.
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