Nichelle Nichols, who blazed a trail for Black actors as Lieutenant Uhura on the original "Star Trek," never got to go to space while she was alive--but her ashes and her DNA are due to reach the final frontier as early as this year.
Nichelle Nichols, who blazed a trail for Black actors as Lieutenant Uhura on the original "Star Trek," never got to go to space while she was alive--but her ashes and her DNA are due to reach the final frontier as early as this year.