Nichelle,
You made us dream of a future broader and more inclusive. I was a child and you were an inspiration–confident, capable, and looking forward. What more could a kid ask for? The world you inhabited made me believe we, as a people, were moving forward to a brighter future. Thank you for that. You made the kids of the 1960s–a decade of turbulence–believe that tomorrow would be more decent and, as Spock would say, more logical. Rest assured, you live on. And we prosper. Godspeed.