Richard Daystrom, played by the legendary William Marshall, is introduced in season two of the original Star Trek series as creator of the computer system that helps run ships like the Enterprise and whose new system is capable of running a ship by itself, sans crew. Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Hutton are still alive (in less than a one full month all of these statements would be flipped).ĭr.
In 2016 with someone like Neil deGrasse Tyson well known as a foremost scientific mind this might not seem like a big deal but this isn’t 2016- this is March 1968 no one has ever seen Planet of the Apes, Lyndon Johnson is running for President, Robert Kennedy isn’t and both Dr. Imagine for a second a television show establishing that one of, if not the, most brilliant scientist in the world was a black man responsible for not just one, but two, of the greatest technological creations known to man. Note- Only characters who are human or humanoid aliens virtually indistinguishable from humans were considered for this list. What follows here is a rundown of 10 non-starring black characters from the broad scope of the Star Trek universe who, each in their own way, represent the Star Trek vision. A major part of this, from the very beginning, has been a diversity not only in major players but also supplementary characters.
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.
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