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When Lt. Uhura appeared on the debut episode of Star Trek in September
1966, she was boldly going where no black woman had gone before: as a
continuing character on a network TV series depicting a future where the
color of her skin didn’t matter, only the content of her character.
The character has since become an iconic touchstone, so instead of
retreading oft-told tales, let’s take a brief look instead at how Nichelle
landed on Star Trek and what was the state of race portrayals on Ameri...
1966, she was boldly going where no black woman had gone before: as a
continuing character on a network TV series depicting a future where the
color of her skin didn’t matter, only the content of her character.
The character has since become an iconic touchstone, so instead of
retreading oft-told tales, let’s take a brief look instead at how Nichelle
landed on Star Trek and what was the state of race portrayals on Ameri...
