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Nichelle Nichols is the first Confirmed Guest for SF Comic Con 2017
Television pioneer and Civil Rights icon, Nichelle Nichols is the first confirmed guest at San Fransisco Comic Con 2017.
Big news for my fellow Trekkies in the Bay Area, San Fransisco Comic Con has just announced their first guest for the 2017 event and its the great Nichelle Nichols.
Nichelle Nichols is a television pioneer along with a Civil Rights icon who is well known for her role as Lt. Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek series and films. Her role was highly praised by leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King at time while many have women have looked up to Nichols and Uhura as a role model.
Following the success of Star Trek; she worked to establish Women in Motion, a program that help NASA to recruit more minorities and women. Among those who were recruited through this program were famed astronaut Dr. Sally Ride.
More guests are expected to be announced in the months leading up to San Fransisco Comic Con. The 2017 event will take place on the weekend of September 1 at the Moscone Center.
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May the force be with her – LOL 😜
I’m so proud that Nichelle Nichols is coming to my city. As black women she was my hero growing up and its because of her I majored in computer science. I will do what ever it takes to finally meet her and say thank you for all she has done for minority women all across this country.