It’s one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people ...

Deep Space Nine broke the same television rule twice—and actually pulled it off. Star Trek shows have their own specific set ...

Award-winning actor, director, author, and education advocate LeVar Burton will moderate a conversation on how schools, ...

Burton says he is proud to be Stoney’s namesake, and that Stoney embodies the values he’s spent much of his life advocating ...

LeVar Burton knows he will be remembered for three specific roles - playing Kunta Kinte on the TV series "Roots," donning a futuristic visor to become Geordi La LaForge on "Star Trek: The Next ...

And LeVar Burton has done that over and over. He got his big break when he was just 19 years old, starring as Kunta Kinte in the TV miniseries Roots. There had never been a depiction of American ...

It turns out that LeVar Burton’s passion for literacy comes from a long familial legacy. During a recent appearance on PBS’ “Finding Your Roots,” the actor discovered information about his ...

LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage in “Finding Your Roots” and discovered something about his ancestors that shocked him. The former “Reading Rainbow” host, freedom-to-read ...

LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family's ancestry on the Jan. 16 episode of PBS' hit series "Finding Your Roots." Burton rose to fame as a child actor in the TV ...

LeVar Burton and Stephanie Cozart Burton met on set in 1988 Monica Schipper/Getty LeVar Burton and his wife Stephanie Cozart Burton had a classic Hollywood meet-cute. While LeVar starred as Kunta ...