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Tom (great-grandson) Kunta Kinte ( / ˈkuːntɑː ˈkɪnteɪ / KOON-tah KIN-tay; c. 1750 – c. 1822) is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he ...
Long before becoming a part of the Star Trek universe himself, LeVar Burton watched the original series, impressed to see an African American character in Nichelle Nichols' "Uhura": "I was a huge Star Trek fan when I was a kid. I loved science fiction literature and it was rare for me to see heroes in the pages of those novels who looked like me. Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future said to ...
Apr 28, 2022 · LeVar Burton has won 12 Daytime Emmys and a Peabody Award for his work as the host and executive producer of the longtime PBS children's program Reading Rainbow. Rachel M. Heimerman/Rachel M ...
Mar 24, 2023 · Star Trek legend LeVar Burton has opened up about what it was like to work with his daughter Mica Burton in Picard season 3, saying that he felt ‘thrilled’.. In episode 6 of the latest season ...
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Mar 23, 2023 · March 23, 2023 9:00 am. LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge and Mica Burton as Ensign Alandra La Forge on "Star Trek: Picard". Trae Patton. LeVar Burton never thought he’d play Geordi La Forge again ...
Feb 14, 2023 · 40 years after ‘Reading Rainbow,’ LeVar Burton is still fighting for literacy. LeVar Burton arrives at Star Trek Day celebration in 2021. Sitting in a booth at a Hollywood coffee shop across ...
LeVar Jorge Marcus Burton (n. 16 februarie 1957 , Landstuhl , Republica Federală Germania , Germania ) este un actor american și gazdă de televiziune pentru copii. Este cunoscut mai ales pentru rolul locotenent-comandantului Geordi La Forge în serialul Star Trek: Generația următoare .
