LT. Uhura Won't be Beaming Down For Breakfast

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[Ceedawg]

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Class only matters to the one worried about it, here’s a quarter, go call someone who gives a crap.

 

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[YY1]

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[Dennis H]

Beautiful and talented. However, words like historic, and other over the top accolades are not necessary.

 

[haywire 440]

These are parts of a tribute to Nichelle Nickols’ from the Chicago Tribune. A local gal from my back yard.

She was singing & dancing with the Duke Ellington band at the age of 16 or so. The article just says “in the late 40’s”. Folks like her have a drive in their personality. Good trait!

 

[WileE]

While we were in the midst of the civil rights movement in the mid 60's, for a TV show to portray not only a woman, a "black" woman, in a prominent position of authority, an officer, a Lieutenant in the military on the best ship in the fleet ? ... I myself would consider that to be somewhat historic culturally. And yet, during that time, I had no idea of that significance.

 

[haywire 440]

Who knows the significance until many moons later the importance is reviled and how history portrays that event/time.



Robbins Illinois had a historic Airport that opened in the 1930’s, owned by black auto mechanics turned aviators. Great people, great history, great loss.

Robbins gave African-Americans access to the skies