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Nichelle Nichols on the end of the original run of Star Trek, and on the show's long second life including the Star Trek Conventions

Nichelle Nichols on Leonard Nimoy is "Mr. Spock" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on DeForest Kelley as "Dr. McCoy" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on James Doohan as "Scotty" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on George Takei as "Sulu" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on Walter Koenig as "Chekov" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on William Shatner as "Captain Kirk" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on Majel Barrett as "Nurse Chapel" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on the Star Trek feature films

Nichelle Nichols on her original Star Trek costume

Nichelle Nichols on the legacy of Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on then-current projects

Nichelle Nichols on appearing on Heroes

Nichelle Nichols on how things have changed for African American actors since she began her career

Nichelle Nichols on how things have changed for African American actors since she began her career

Nichelle Nichols on how things have changed for African American actors since she began her career

Nichelle Nichols on advice to an aspiring actor

Nichelle Nichols on advice to an aspiring actor

Nichelle Nichols on fan reaction to the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" in which she shared television's first interracial kiss with "Captain Kirk"

Nichelle Nichols on fan reaction to the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" in which she shared television's first interracial kiss with "Captain Kirk"

Nichelle Nichols on fan reaction to the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" in which she shared television's first interracial kiss with "Captain Kirk"

Nichelle Nichols on playing "Nyota Upenda Uhura" on Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols on appearing on Heroes

Nichelle Nichols on appearing on The Lieutenant, produced by Gene Roddenberry

On her early childhood, the origin of her name; on her education in music and dance

On her earliest experiences of television; on how African American people were portrayed on television while she was growing up; on acting in the play Kicks and Co. and on singing at the Playboy Club while understudying for Diahann Carroll

On moving to Los Angeles; on singing with Katherine Dunham and Duke Ellington; on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. and Pearl Bailey

On a bet she made with Marlon Brando; on working for Otto Preminger in the feature film version of Porgy and Bess; on appearing on The Lieutenant, produced by Gene Roddenberry

Nichelle Nichols on appearing on The Lieutenant, produced by Gene Roddenberry

Nichelle Nichols on acting in the play Kicks and Co. and on singing at the Playboy Club while understudying for Diahann Carroll