Vintage 1995 Beyond Uhura Star Trek And Other Memories Hard Back Book by Nichelle Nichols - Unsold Shop Stock. Released by Boxtree Books in 1995 with this being the first UK edition. For nearly thirty years Nichelle Nichols has been part of the Star Trek mythos. As Lieutenant Uhura, communications officer of the Starship Enterprise, she was the first African-American woman to have a major continuing role on television. Her candid and insightful autobiography takes readers on her life's voyage of personal discovery and professional triumph - beyond Uhura. Granddaughter of the rebellious son of a slave owner, Nichelle Nichols grew up in a socially progressive family. By the age of sixteen the young singer-dancer had already been praised by Josephine Baker and had worked with Duke Ellington. With tenacity and talent, she established herself as a first-rate performer in nightclubs, onstage, and eventually in film. From the beginning of her Hollywood career, some would say, she had two strikes against her: she was Black and she was a woman. In the face of racism, a brush with the mob, and an attempted rape, she fought courageously against the injustices that stood between her and her dreams. Through an early job in television - years before Star Trek - Nichols met Gene Roddenberry. Describing her pivotal role in the Star Trek universe, she takes readers where no book has gone before. Shop Stock Room Find. Discovered in the store room of a closed down shop with a whole host of other books from a similar era. Some minor signs of shelf wear on the edges of the dust cover, and a few minor age spots on the edges of the pages, but otherwise fantastic. All orders received before 4.00pm Monday to Fridays are shipped the same day