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Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, dies at 89

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Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, dies at 89

Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, dies at 89

Nichelle Nichols, who played Star Trek’s Lt.

Uhura, broke new ground for Black women in film and TV, and brought minorities and women into NASA.


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