Actress and singer Nichelle Nichols, best known as Star Trek's communications officer Lieutenant ... Nichols was one of the first Black women featured in a major television series, and her role ...

Uhura on three seasons of “Star Trek” on TV and in six “Star Trek” movies. A Black American cast as ... her character Uhura — a variant of Uhuru, a Swahili word for freedom.

Whoopi Goldberg, who later played Guinan on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” has described Uhura as a role model, recalling that she was astounded and excited to see a black woman character ...