“Space the final frontier...”, these words could not be more true about television in the nineteen sixties. Television sets were lit up by such old western shows like “Gunsmoke”, “Bonanza”, and “The Long Ranger”. However, all this changed when a man named Gene Roddenberry first pitched the idea of “Star Trek” to MGM. The idea was so radical, that he was shunned by the network executives. They told him that a television series based in …showed first 75 words of 1294 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1294 total…in a stale industry full of cowboys and Indians. The mixing of ethnicities perhaps kick started the practice of doing that sort of casting for all sorts of television series. His color blindness also opened up the doors for many African-American women to start up their own careers, without being forced to play any type of stereotypical role. He did truly travel to the final frontier. Star Trek: The Final Frontier Michael Daniel Research Pape