Mention Lieutenant Uhura and most people will talk about the Star Trek where she boldly went where no black woman had gone before, getting romantic with Captain Kirk in TV’s first inter-racial kiss.
Since Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played Uhura, died on Saturday, aged 89, that 1968 episode has been heralded as the moment she cemented her place in history.
William Shatner, 91, who played Kirk, said this week: “She was a beautiful woman and played an admirable character, that did so much for redefining social issues both here in the US and throughout the world.”
