Star Trek's Kirk and Uhura kiss was not only not the first interracial kissing scene on American TV but also wasn't the ...

Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories, Nichelle Nichols recounts that during the filming of "Plato's Stepchildren," NBC executives were apprehensive about the audience's reaction to a kiss ...

William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols made sure that the makers of Star Trek aired the first interracial kiss on TV despite ...

Nichols was praised by Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. for her portrayal of a Black woman in a position of power.