Unless you’ve been trapped in the Delta Quadrant on the weekend of September 2-4, then you know that fans from all over beamed into New York’s Javits Center for Star Trek Mission. The event was a convention for Trek geeks to come out and celebrate 50 years of all things Star Trek. Produced by...
From the very beginning, creator Gene Roddenberry’s vision for the world of Star Trek was an optimistic view of an Earth where humans had reached the pinnacle of understanding, a societal maturity where differences are not simply tolerated but embraced. A major part...
Growing up as a child it was unusual to see more than a token black person cast in a science fiction television show, let alone having a major role. The black members of the Star Trek franchise cast were some of our first examples of black people in popular science...