Vlog 013 - Naming Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek
Channel: Matthew's Adventures
Date: 2020-06-05

The story of a very minor mystery surrounding the origin of the name Uhura in Star Trek, and what it tells us about the state of journalism and editing on the web. I find the answer to the mystery, which brings up questions about the quality of content on the web, on Wikipedia, and finding historical truth. Also: who invented the name? Nichelle Nichols? Gene Roddenberry?

Sections in this Video:
0:00 The name Uhura
1:37 Soften the N?
2:46 Mystery Solved
3:10 New Questions
4:55 Who invented it?
6:14 The Source Video
7:23 One Final Twist
7:44 One Final Tidbit
8:22 One Final Question for You

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Some Links I mentioned:
https://jamesclear.com/nichelle-nichols - Newsletter about Nichols
https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/nichelle-nichols - Television Academy page with interview of Nichols, including the video I showed (direct link to video: https://youtu.be/w1KPWuVhTUM?t=1430 starts at 23:50)
http://on.wsj.com/196igy8 - Wall Street Journal article I mentioned
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols - Wikipedia page about Nichols