(via JHALAL DRUT: Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura)

Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, Communications Officer aboard the Enterprise

Celia Rose Gooding as CADET NYOTA UHURA

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Nichelle Nichols as Nyota Uhura on “Star Trek” (1968).

Nichols was one of the 1st black women featured in a major television series. Her prominent supporting role as a bridge officer was unprecedented. Nichols was once tempted to leave the series; however, a conversation with Martin Luther King Jr. changed her mind.

Rest in peace, beautiful. Thank you for breaking barriers & inspiring so many!

I have no context for this publicity photo from Star Trek’s first season and that is okay.

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Ah, yes, the prodigy.

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