ZAP! Nichelle Grace Dell Nichols!

Strong, American Actress who was one of the first black woman to be featured in a major television show to not be portrayed as a servant. It is said that Dr. Martin Luther King had encouraged her to stay on Star Trek when she was considering transitioning to broadway because she was in a position that would place her as very important role model and symbol for change.

She also had the first bi-racial on screen television kiss with Captain Kirk (Will Shantner).
     -November 22nd, 1968

Dr. King commented, "Once that door is opened by someone, no one else can close it again."