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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) [2] [3] is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), [4] Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006).
This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The final episode aired on November 10, 2006, reruns ceased on August 28, 2009.
LeVar Burton Reads has been well received by USA Today, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Verge, NPR, Los Angeles and many other publications. [9] [10]The show has won multiple industry awards, including the 2023 and 2024 Webby Award for Best Art and Culture Podcast, [11] [12] the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Podcast [13] and the 2020 Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast. [14]
Burton has expressed his hope that "audiences walk away with the same warm, fuzzy feeling I did when I watched this documentary for the first time." Before Burton gives viewers the "Reading ...
The 'Reading Rainbow' and 'Star Trek: Picard' actor LeVar Burton shares the secrets of getting your kids to love reading—and why that make break your heart.
“Sometimes in life we have to fight for our rights to be honored, observed and upheld,” Burton says. “This is one of those times.”
Reading Rainbow is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterward PBS Kids from July 11, 1983 [1] [2] to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes were produced over 23 seasons.
Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 American direct-to-video animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.Produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. and Intellectual Properties Worldwide and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment under the CBS/Fox Video label, it was released three days before Martin Luther King Jr.'s 70th birthday and was the ...