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mewiet:

In celebration of Black History Month, this is an Appreciation post for Black space traveling characters in television and movies along with the year they debuted onscreen.

It’s far from an exhaustive list. These are only from TV/movies I’ve personally seen. So if anyone wants to reblog and add to the list, please do!

  1. Nyota Uhura, Star Trek: The Original Series (1966)
  2. Lando Calrissian, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  3. Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
  4. Geordi La Forge, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
  5. Guinan, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)
  6. Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
  7. Keesha Franklin, The Magic School Bus (1994)
  8. Timothy “Tim” Jamal, The Magic School Bus (1994)
  9. Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
  10. Tuvix, Star Trek: Voyager (1996)
  11. Teal’c, Stargate SG-1 (1997)
  12. Mace Windu, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
  13. Zoe Washburne, Firefly (2002)
  14. Derrial “Shepherd” Book/Henry Evans, Firefly (2002)
  15. Mickey Smith, Doctor Who (2005)
  16. Martha Jones, Doctor Who (2007)
  17. Saw Gerrera, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012)
  18. Molly Woods, Extant (2014)
  19. Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (March 2015)
  20. Kal Varrik/Six/Griffin Jones, Dark Matter (June 2015)
  21. Jonathan “Johnny” Storm/Human Torch, Fantastic Four (August 2015)
  22. Finn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (December 2015)
  23. Bill Potts, Doctor Who (April 2017)
  24. Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery (September 2017)
  25. Joan Owosekun, Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
  26. Ava Hamilton, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
  27. Kiel, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

Dave Lister, Red Dwarf (debuted 1988)

Journey Blue, Doctor Who (August 2014)

The Cat (Danny John-Jules) from Red Dwarf also!

Heimdall (Idris Elba) in the Thor series (2011-2017)

Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Captain Steve Hiller (Will Smith) in Independence Day (1996)

Dylan Hiller (Jessie Usher) in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

And I know it’s not out yet but I’ll be really surprised if Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) doesn’t make it to space at some point in Pacific Rim: Uprising!