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Nichelle Nichols Dies at 89

     Television pioneer and science advocate Nichelle Nichols has died. The 89-year-old is best known to legions of fans and admirers as revered by “Star Trek” fans everywhere for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, the communications officer on the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Nichols would reprise the role for six Star Trek movies. […]

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In Memoriam: Louisiana Legacy

  Carrie Wells Ponds, CNA, educator, and co-founder of The Drum, died July 9, 2022, in her home surrounded by her husband of 60 years, Eddie Ponds, and daughters Michelle and Sharon. Mrs. Ponds was born February 10, 1941, in Ponchatoula to the late Louis Wells and Charlotte Wells Jefferson. She was educated in the Tangipahoa Parish School System and graduated from Greenville Park High in 1960.  […]