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Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt Uhura in original Star Trek, dies aged 89

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

The Guardian - US

How the latest ‘Star Trek’ spinoff resurrects the Buck Rogers brio of the original

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…

Los Angeles Times

Samuel E. Nichols Jr., who gave up an Art Institute scholarship to help his family, dead at 93

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Star Trek's new Uhura reveals how Zoe Saldaña inspired their 'Strange New Worlds' character

Star Trek's third Uhura, Celia Rose Gooding, explains that Zoe Saldaña was their first Uhura. Plus, how they honor both Nichelle Nichols and Saldaña in their new 'Strange New Worlds' role.

Inverse

'Strange New Worlds' is finally fixing the most neglected character in Star Trek canon

Uhura was a talented linguist, but 'Star Trek: The Original Series' didn't do a great job of showing that. Now, with 'Strange New Worlds,' all of that is changing.

Inverse

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