Today in my Klingon class I played the class a clip of Uhura translating Klingon. Then I told them about Nichelle Nichols, about what a hero she is, how she almost quit but stayed on TOS because MLK told her to, how radical her presence was in 1966, and about the work she did for NASA later. The students were very impressed. I hope they spend a chunk of time tonight googling Nichelle Nichols. #StarTrek