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.

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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 ...

From its very beginning, Star Trek has been about moving forward with boundaries—not just in the genre of sci-fi but in real-world depiction as well.

Nyota Uhura, a communications officer aboard the starship Enterprise in “Star Trek,” the original TV series that started in 1966. Nichols was a rare presence back when most Black actresses ...

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For more than fifty years, Star Trek has enthralled audiences with its epic space adventures. But how did it stand out from other science fiction, and why does it endure to this day? BBC Bitesize ...

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