![]() ![]() With tenacity and talent, she established herself as a first-rate performer in nightclubs, on stage, and eventually in film. By the age of sixteen the young singer-dancer had already been praised by Josephine Baker and had worked with Duke Ellington. Granddaughter of the rebellious son of a slave owner, Nichelle Nichols grew up in a socially progressive family. ![]() Her candid and insightful autobiography takes readers on her life's voyage of personal discovery and professional triumph – beyond Uhura. As Lieutenant Uhura, communications officer of the Starship Enterprise, she was the first African-American woman to have a major continuing role on television. ![]() ISBN 0679435093 (cassette) Blurb For nearly thirty years Nichelle Nichols has been part of the Star Trek mythos. ![]()
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