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Actors George Takei, James Doohan, Grace Lee Whitney, Nichelle Nichols, Stephen Collins, DeForest Kelley, Majel Barrett, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Persis Khambatta, Walter Koenig pose for a portrait during the filming of the movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" which was released December 27, 1979 in the United States. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The story behind “Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols’ iconic interracial kiss

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TV’s first interracial kiss launched a lifelong career in activism

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FILE - In this March 5, 1964 file photo, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X poses during an interview in New York. Archeologists in Boston are digging at the boyhood home of slain black rights activist Malcolm X. The two-week archaeological dig begins Tuesday, March 28, 2016, in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File) (AP)

African Americans fighting fascism and racism, from WWII to Charlottesville

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Students enter Seward Park High School on New York's East Side, Feb. 3, 1964, as others march with placards protesting racial imbalance in the city's schools. (AP/Harry Harris))

“Jim Crow must go”: Thousands of New York City students staged a one-day boycott to protest segregation — and it barely made the history books

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