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Nichelle Nichols RIP

Nichelle Nichols RIP

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Rex Landy
Aug 03, 2022
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And so another trailblazing woman has died and left us all the poorer for it.

Black, beautiful, feisty and elegant, Nichelle was one of my heroes growing up; her skin was more like mine than that of all the girls at school. It showed me difference was possible, women could be important, and barriers could be broken. Television’s first interracial kiss wa…

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