Reflections from Lieutenant Uhura

Makers: Women Who Make America: Nichelle Nichols 

Meet the actress and singer who, as Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhura played, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, “the first non-stereotypical role portrayed by a black woman in television history."

And did you know also had a background in dance? Or that she became a recruiter for NASA? So cool!

Big Tribble Trouble at Danspace Project

clipped from www.nytimes.com

(photo: Paramount Pictures)

Yvonne Meier's inspiration, perhaps?

Captain Kirk, you haven't begun to have tribble troubles!