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Woman that is fighting batman. wait a minute. >> with the appearance on "batman," television executives began to see what blacks could bring to this world of science fiction, and we got to see more afterwards. >> space, the final frontier. >> as the 60s progressed, a new frontier was being forged. >> and one of those was "star trek," developed and created by gene roddenburg. >> its very serious. >> engage. >> "star trek" was a landmark moment, where we lived in this new egalitarian society, and ...

- even though the "twilight zone" didnt showcase black characters for the most part in that series, by 1967, it does change and were seeing more black performers and characters on the network schedule. - you gotta go all the way back to eartha kitt when she came on and took over the role of cat woman. - this is cat woman. - in 1967, shes playing a reimagined version of a white character played by julie newmar. - youll never have another cat woman like that. i dont think anybody elses tongue work...