BREAKING: Nichelle Nichols, the groundbreaking star of 'Star Trek,' has died at 89, her son said on Facebook.
Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Uhura on"Star Trek" in a groundbreaking role for Black actresses before going on to help recruit people of color and women for NASA in real life, has died, her son announced on Facebook. She was 89.
After"Star Trek," Nichols went on to become a recruiter for NASA, playing a key role in helping recruit people of color and female astronauts. Nichelle Nichols attends the Ovation TV premiere screening of"Art Breakers" on October 1, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.Nichols was one of the first Black actresses to star in a primetime television show, and she and"Star Trek" made history with television's first interracial kiss in 1968.CBS Saturday Morning" in 2021
"He said, 'you don't understand the effect that you're having, not only on Black people, not only on young women, but on everybody,'" she said in the documentary.
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