Nichelle Nichols in her most popular role, that of Nyota in “Star Trek”.
African American actress Nichelle Nichols, known for playing Nyota Uhura in the popular science fiction series Star Trek (Star Trek)died this Saturday night (July 30) at the age of 89, his son announced on Facebook this Sunday.
“I’m sorry to inform you that a great light in the sky no longer shines for us as it has for so many years. Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, died of natural causes and died,” the actress’s son, Kyle, Johnson wrote on Facebook.
The message was accompanied by a photo of the star Nichols has on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, on which a bouquet of roses was seen.
Nichelle’s appearance on “Star Trek” helped break down racial barriers on American TV. AP photo
Nichols’ portrayal of the role of Uhura helped break down racial barriers on television by playing an African American woman in a position of authority.
also Nichols shared with actor William Shatner (Captain Kirk) one of the first kisses of an interracial couple of American television.
They did it in the episode Plato’s stepchildrenissued in 1968, in the midst of the battle for civil rights for African Americans in the United States.
Nichols intended to leave the series after its first season to work on Broadway, according to several subsequent interviews; but, Reverend and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has changed his mind.
As he explained, Luther King Jr. told him that his role in the series star Trek he was showing the children and women of the African American community in the United States that they could have the same rights as whites and that, for this reason, she had to continue acting and giving life to Nyota Uhura.
The “Star Trek” crew is about to leave with Captain Kirk at the helm. And among all Nyota Uhura (Nichelle).
Her presence on television has had an influence on other actors such as African American Whoopi Goldberg, who on several occasions has claimed that as a child she watched star Trek she used to yell at her family, “Come on, come on quickly. There’s a black woman on TV and she’s not a maid!”
Like so many times, the cast of “Star Trek” continued to garner the affection of the public at various events. AP photo
After his role in star TrekNichols worked as a spokesperson for NASA, where he sought to inspire a new generation of “intrepid” astronauts with a desire to learn, according to the actress’s official website.
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