Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols Dies At Age 89 [VIDEO]

Variety reports:

Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed chief communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” series, died in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old.  Nichols shared one of the first interracial kisses in television history on “Star Trek.”

That moment, shared with her co-star William Shatner, was a courageous move on the part of Nichols, “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and NBC considering the climate at the time.

The episode “Plato’s Stepchildren,” which aired in 1968, was written to give all involved an out: Uhura and Captain Kirk did not choose to kiss but were instead made to do so involuntarily by aliens with the ability to control the movements of humans. Nevertheless, it was a landmark moment.

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