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Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was fired from a 1860s Mississippi series called Riverboat after he intensely argued with producers who insisted on excluding all black people from the show.
Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, was fired from the 1860s-set series *Riverboat* after intense disputes with producers. He fought to include Black characters, but producers insisted on an all-white cast, a conflict highlighting his early commitment to diversity.