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Nichelle Nichols, Uhura in 'Star Trek,' Dies at 89
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/nichelle-nichols-dead-star-trek-the-original-series-1235330159/
Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed communications officer Uhura on the original "Star Trek" series, died Saturday night in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old.
Nichols' death was confirmed by Gilbert Bell, her talent manager and business partner of 15 years.
Lt. Uhura will hail no more
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on Star Trek TOS has died, leaving behind fond memories and a lasting memory of a black woman in a Command position (I remember that on Land of the Giants, there was a black male who was second in command).
Was she not also on an episode or two of Star Trek Continues (or such independent show)?
Fond and lasting memories as 'heroes' continue aging and dying. Uhura WILL be missed, by me at least. :(
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-obituary-star-trek-1.6537750
Trailblazing Star Trek Actress Nichelle Nichols Dies at 89
Trailblazing Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols dies at 89:
American actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role in 1960s sci-fi TV series Star Trek, has died aged 89.
Ms Nichols broke barriers in her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the series, becoming one of the first black actresses in the US to play a figure in authority.
She was later employed by Nasa in an effort to encourage more women and African-Americans to become astronauts.
She died of natural causes on Saturday night, her son Kyle Johnson said.
[...] As well as working as an actress, Ms Nicholls also became an ambassador for the US space agency Nasa, helping to recruit women and minorities to its Space programme.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday August 03 2022, @07:58PM (8 children)
It shows them without pointing and saying "See what we did here?"
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 03 2022, @08:13PM (7 children)
There just seems to be this push to retcon Start Trek into not being objectively progressive.
This diverse crew exists and wins in every single episode. Whereas every other sci fi show at the time was a crew of white dudes.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Wednesday August 03 2022, @11:04PM (2 children)
Try Land of the Giants:
Bad, but progressive!
First black second in command that I've seen.
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday August 04 2022, @03:19PM (1 child)
'Land of the Giants' came out two years after Star Trek did.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday August 04 2022, @06:33PM
Ah, shit, really?
Did. not. know!
I guess Giants took it all one step further....
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(Score: 2) by ChrisMaple on Thursday August 04 2022, @01:34AM (3 children)
What other sci-fi shows? Lost in Space was an unfunny joke, not science fiction Same for Battlestar Galactica.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday August 04 2022, @03:33PM (2 children)
Sure, fighting robots in a space ship isn't sci fi....
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday August 05 2022, @02:50AM (1 child)
Dr. Who has been around for a long time and I'm pretty sure everyone would call that sci-fi. It was lily white.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 05 2022, @03:23AM
Dr. Who? is now hi-sigh.