Thank you to the San Diego Comic Fest organizers for inviting me to present on one of my favorite topics: Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols in the role of Lt. Uhura. I thoroughly enjoyed the audience interaction after my presentation. They posed fascinating questions providing food for thought. Nichol's role is getting increasing attention not only from fans but from scholars as well. It was my maiden voyage into publicly speaking about my long time fascination with space and Sci. Fi. Nichelle Nichols Readers know how I enjoy meeting new talent and on Friday evening before my presentation, I walked past the graphic artists' room. A bit shy, I waited until Sunday to go in, but met two really talented and nice guys. So let me mention them first: Rodney Anderson Jr. and Aaron Moore. Delores Fisher with graphic artist/novelist Rodney Anderson Jr. Rodney autographed and gave me this sample of his orig
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