Kids Need to Read Charity Auctions brings you a quality 8×10 color photograph of the multi-talented Nichelle Nichols, who, throughout her long career, has been a singer, song writer, dancer, choreographer, actress, author, producer, space advocate, and even a recruiter for NASA!
The photo is signed by Ms. Nichols, whose career has been filled with remarkable highlights. After singing with Duke Ellington as a teen, she landed her ground-breaking role of Uhura on the original Star Trek. This was one was one of the first times that an African American actress was portrayed in a non-stereotypical role. She broke barriers again when she and William Shatner shared the first interracial kiss on episodic TV. She was also the first African-American to place her handprints in front of Hollywood’s, Mann’s Chinese Theatre. Along with most of the cast, she attended the christening of the first space shuttle, appropriately named Enterprise.
Bidding begins immediately at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110250607007 . Bids open at $30.00 and will be accepted until May 11, 2008
Our thanks go to Renegade Studios for donating this great item for our auction. Proceeds are used by the Kids Need to Read Charity to purchase books for under-funded schools and libraries, as well as for other literary organizations that provide books to disadvantaged children.
We are always looking for auction items. If you have something you would like to donate to Kids Need to Read, email Debbie Brown at debbie@kidsneedtoread.org.
