Most well-known for her her memorable portrayal of Communications Officer Lt. Nyota Uhura in "Star Trek: The Original Series" and six final frontier feature films, Nichelle Nichols has now ...
Credit: Mike Marsland / WireImage Trailblazing actor Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role as Lt. Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek series, died on Saturday due to heart failure.
Star Trek's decision to cast Nichelle Nichols, an African American woman, as major character on the show was an almost unheard-of move in 1968. But for black women all over the country ...
Nichols was praised by Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. for her portrayal of a Black woman in a position of power.
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