TMC
12-28-2016, 08:36 PM
https://lebeauleblog.com/2016/12/28/december-28-happy-birthday-denzel-washington-and-maggie-smith/
Nichelle Nichols, who turns 84 today, did have a life before Star Trek, which included touring and singing with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. But of course, she is best known as Lieutenant (eventually Commander) Uhura of the Enterprise. Today, when multiracial casts are common, if not quite the norm, we may tend to forget how big a deal it was back in the 1960s to have a black female character on television who was not some kind of a servant.
Nichelle Nichols, who turns 84 today, did have a life before Star Trek, which included touring and singing with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. But of course, she is best known as Lieutenant (eventually Commander) Uhura of the Enterprise. Today, when multiracial casts are common, if not quite the norm, we may tend to forget how big a deal it was back in the 1960s to have a black female character on television who was not some kind of a servant.