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<p><b>LEVAR BURTON : FROM ROOTS, READING RAINBOW TO STAR TREK</b><br/><br/>LeVar Burton (born 1957) is an American actor and director best known for his roles as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots [ <a href="http://www.levarburton.com/">http://www.levarburton.com ]</a>. <br/></p>
<p>Burton was also the host and producer of the PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow (1983). It ran for 23 seasons, making it one of the longest running children’s programs on the network. The program won a Peabody Award and 23 Emmy Awards. Burton himself won 12 Emmy Awards for the series alone.<i><i><br/></i></i></p>
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<p>You know, Roots was actually so popular that it nearly ruined Lavar Burton’s career. Every time he appeared on a show after that, people were like “Why is Kunta Kinte there?” and break immersion and that’s why LaForge had to wear that visor. So that the audience wouldn’t recognize him.<br/></p></blockquote>
<p>This is a prime example of how things can be different depending on what generation you’re from. When I see him the first thing I think about is Reading Rainbow. I actually didn’t realize he was Kunta Kinte until just now. I did know he was LaForge but I didn’t watch Star Trek until later in life.</p>](https://pics.onsizzle.com/<p><a-href-http-lordandgodoftheobvious-tumblr-com-post-159844036323-blackhistoryalbum-levar-burton-from-roots-class-tumblr-blog>lordandgodoftheobvio-33369053.png)
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<p><b>LEVAR BURTON : FROM ROOTS, READING RAINBOW TO STAR TREK</b><br/><br/>LeVar Burton (born 1957) is an American actor and director best known for his roles as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots [ <a href="http://www.levarburton.com/">http://www.levarburton.com ]</a>. <br/></p>
<p>Burton was also the host and producer of the PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow (1983). It ran for 23 seasons, making it one of the longest running children’s programs on the network. The program won a Peabody Award and 23 Emmy Awards. Burton himself won 12 Emmy Awards for the series alone.<i><i><br/></i></i></p>
<p><i>[Black History Album on Tumblr: Our 2,000th Post!]</i></p>
<p><i><i>Black History Album: The</i> Way We Were. <i>100 Years of African American Vintage
<i>Photography from the end of slavery in the 1860′s to the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and beyond.</i>
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