We're more than a museum. We're 21 of them and the National Zoo. Legal: http://s.si.edu/legal
www.si.edu Instagram.comAs Lieutenant Uhura, Nichelle Nichols served on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, managing intergalactic communications on dramatic space voyages. In her authoritative "Star Trek" role, she made history for African American women in TV and film at a critical moment during the Civil Rights Movement. Nichols also volunteered to recruit women and people of color for NASA, work of which she was enormously proud. Her "Star Trek" uniform is in the collection of our @NMAAHC.
Nichols died today at age 89.
#BecauseOfHerStory
Location: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
