Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols on Uhura's Radical Impact - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

Star Trek's decision to cast Nichelle Nichols, an African American woman, as major character on the show was an almost unheard-of move in 1968. But for black women all over the country, it redefined...

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