Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek, her new book looking at the numerous influential women in Star Trek. Nana interviewed many ...

Before Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Nyota Uhura wasn't given much of a backstory. Aboard the USS Enterprise on Star Trek: The Original Series, Lt. Nyota Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols ...

"Space, the final frontier." So says Capt. James T. Kirk in the opening lines of "Star Trek" the original series. Gene ...

Anyone who's seen the original Star Trek is well aware that Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner, has a ...

Relatives say Sunday that Nichelle Nichols, who broke ground for Black women acting on television as Lt. Nyota Uhura on "Star Trek," has died at 89. WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news ...

Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk and Zoe Saldana as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura. This reboot of the storied franchise, directed by J.J. Abrams, shows how Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto ...

Uhura holds the distinction of being one of the first prominent female black characters on the small screen, as well as involved in one of the first interracial smooches on telly. We all know ...

With a career spanning nearly two decades, Mwanaisha Abdalla’s stage name Nyota Ndogo comes easily to many. For a woman who has made a career out of admiration and controversy in equal measure ...

The name Nichelle Nichols may ring a bell, as the actor who portrayed Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: the Original Series. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is a show that centers on Zoey Clarke, a woman in ...

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There's no shortage of Halloween costume inspiration on the silver screen. Here, 60 of the most iconic movie character ...

The Way of Water surpassed $2 billion in global earnings, Saldana became the first actor in history to star in four films ...