Commentary: Lt. Uhura of ‘Star Trek’ took Black actresses where none had gone before
by Carla Hall, Los Angeles Times
Aug 02, 2022
2 minutes
Lt. Uhura’s presence on the deck of the starship Enterprise seemed routine for the 23rd century. But the casting of Nichelle Nichols, the Black actress who played Uhura on “Star Trek” in the late 1960s, was extraordinary. Nichols, who later appeared in six “Star
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