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To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights
Angela Dalton
Illustrator: Lauren Semmer
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-307321-0
Keywords: Role models, activism, STEM, television personalities, African Americans, African American Women
Feeling underutilized as Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek, Nichols was about to quit, until she had a transformative conversation with Martin Luther King Jr. Colorful digital illustrations. Back matter.