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8 pivotal moments from NASA s Space Shuttle Program
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Nichelle Nichols is best known for her role as Lieutenant Uhura in
Star Trek: The Original Series. But the 88-year-old actor also carries with her a lesser-known legacy: Playing a foundational role in the formation of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and inspiring generations of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) leaders.
A new documentary titled
Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek, and the Remaking of NASA details the powerful, revealing, and uplifting story of Nichols’s advocacy and the crucial part she played in not just bringing diversity to NASA’s astronaut classes but in shaping the American space program we know today.
Black History: Timeline of the Post-Civil Rights Era
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Jesse Jackson hugging Shirley Chisholm in 1984. Credit: Jacques M. Chenet/Corbis/Getty Images
From the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the 2008 election of Barack Obama, to widespread global protests declaring Black Lives Matter in 2020, African American history in the United States has been filled with both triumph and strife.
Here s a look at some of the notable milestones that took place from the end of the civil rights movement to today.
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
April 4, 1968: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot and killed at the age of 38 while standing on the balcony of his Lorraine Motel room in Memphis, Tenn. James Earl Ray was later convicted of the crime and sentenced to a 99-year prison term. President Lyndon B. Johnson designates April 7 as a national day of mourning.