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John Dominis, Saigon, Vietnam, July 1961.
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THE FALL OF SAIGON APRIL 30TH, 1975 This is an image of the mass evacuations that occurred following the capital of South Vietnam’s fall to the North. The country’s reunification signified the beginning of Vietnam’s long term absence of foreign invaders and the beginning of many changes for the country namely the change of Saigon’s name to Ho Chi Minh City after the former President of the North, Ho Chi Minh.
Aquacade Ballet, 1953. Photo by Philippe Halsman.
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Anne St Marie wearing a suit photographed by Tom Palumbo, 1950s.
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“Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”. Uhura was pretty much the first ever black main character on American television who was not a maid or a domestic servant in 1966. TV network NBC refused to let Nichelle Nichols be a regular, claiming Deep South affiliates would be angered, so Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hired her as a “day worker,” but still included her in almost every episode. She actually made more money than any of the other actors through this workaround, and it was kept secret from the other actors, but it was still a humiliating second-class status. The network people made life hard for Nichols, constantly trying to pare down her screen time, purposefully dropping racist comments in her presence and even withholding her fan mail from her.This deplorable state of affairs led Nichols to make the decision to quit after the 1st season, but then she happened to meet the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who pleaded with her to stick with the show because as a Black woman she was portraying the first non-stereotypical role on television.
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