Devoted Trekkies News Today

we remember two legends. >> i contributed a great deal to the game. >> basketball superstar and civil rights champion bill russell. >> captain, the enterprise is up there. >> and television trailblazer initial nichols of "star supreme court." >> power. power. >> these protest remembers at the steps right in front of the senate. many of them slept overnight on the steps outside here to protest the failure of the burn pit legislation. >> they all have this mumbo-jumbo about a budgetary g...

catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united dates. united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church.>> thank you for being with us, in ukraine there is more follow-up thursdays brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday the u.s. ambassador to ukraine said russia must be held accountable for the attack, kyiv says dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the strike, russia says u...

champion, as the activist and paved the way for every black player who came into the league after him, and including me. the world has lost a legend and my condolences to the family and may he rest in peace. this is from the boston celtics organization, bill is a champion unlike any other, and bills dna is woven throughout the celtics organization with relentless pursuit, and from the individual glory to the commitment of social justice and civil rights on and off of the court. andy sh...

for you on this sunday night, not only was he one of the nbas greatest players he was a civil rights i con. she changed television for millions of americans on "star trek." nichelle nichols passed away at the age of 89. also, body cam in the arrest of a georgia mother just before she dies. hear from the family is now saying. you are in the cnn newsroom. tonight the loss of a legend. bill russell has died at the age of 88. the nba hall of famer passed away today. the announcement did ...

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Way people looked at one another. if two of their favorite actors can battle through it and come through it on top, why cant everybody. >> the show ended in 1969 but it endured for years in syndication and conventions, attended by devoted trekkies. nichols publisher autobiography, behind -- beyond tran35, also starred in several trek movies and in nasa to increase diversity in the space program. i had the privilege of recruiting the first women and minority astronauts for this initial program. >...

On national television in 1968. >> we had heard rumors that the southern stations -- some southern stations might cut it down. >> it changed television forever, and it also changed the way people looked at one another. two of their favorite actors can battle two it and come through it on top, why cant everybody. >> the show ended in 1969, but it endured for years in syndication and at conventions attended by devoted trekkies. in 1949 nichols published other are her autobiography beyond "uhura an...