Nichelle Nichols, who made history and earned the admiration of Martin Luther King Jr. for her portrayal of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek, has died. She was 89. Nichols, who ...

Thanks to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, this Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) moment from Star Trek: The Original Series makes perfect sense. Uhura was always an integral part of Captain James T. Kirk's ...

Let me be the first to say that I took Nichelle Nichols, and her groundbreaking role as Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek,” for granted. Never did I lack appreciation for Nichols’ historic significance or that ...

Nichelle Nichols, an actress whose role as the communications chief Uhura in the original “Star Trek” franchise in the 1960s helped break ground on TV by showing a Black woman in a position of ...