On this day in 1966

On this day in 1966, Nichelle Nichols became one of the first Black women to play a lead role on TV, portraying Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek.”

On this day in 1966 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today September 8, 2024 Sept. 8, 1966 Nichelle Nichols Nichelle Nichols became one of the first Black women to play a lead role on television, portraying Communication Officer Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek.”  Ebony magazine featured her as the first Black astronaut, “a triumph of modern-day TV over modern-day NASA.

When she looked back at Roddenberry, a tear slid down his face. “And Gene,” she recalled, “was not a man to cry.”  After “Star Trek” ended in 1969, she produced educational programs related to space and challenged NASA to “come down from your ivory tower of intelligent pursuit, because the next Einstein might have a Black face — and she’s female.”  Afterward, she led an astronaut recruiting program for NASA that changed the faces of those who went into space.

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