The Latest Breaking News from Nyota Uhura

Nichelle Nichols, a groundbreaking Black actress who played communications officer Nyota Uhura with cool authority on the popular 1960s series "Star Trek," has died at 89.

Actor who blazed a trail for black women on American TV in the 1960s in the role of Lt Uhura in Star Trek

Kari Lake and Mark Finchem are in running for crucial state roles. Plus, tributes paid to Nichelle Nichols

Nichols’s career was groundbreaking for Black women on TV

There's been an outpouring of tributes for Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols following the news that she has passed away, with her described by fans as a trailblazer who inspired generation of fans

Nichols was a pioneer in every sense. Rest in peace and live long and prosper.

Washington (AFP) - Nichelle Nichols, a groundbreaking Black actress who played communications officer Nyota Uhura with cool authority on the popular 1960s series "Star Trek," has died at 89.

The Robbins native’s role on the 1966-69 NBC series earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes.

Actor achieved worldwide fame and broke ground for Black women while playing Nyota Uhura in the original TV hit

With “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” premiering Thursday on Paramount+, the franchise goes once again into the past, with a series you can consider, in quantum fashion, both as a spinoff from “Star Trek: Discovery” and a belated order for the original series’ rejected pre-Shatner pilot, “The Cage,” which starred…

But he never gave up art, even while working for the post office. His sister Nichelle Nichols, famed as Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek,” called him “one of the finest artists” she ever saw.