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

You're going to learn to say your name. Let me hear you say it. LEVAR BURTON: (As Kunta Kinte) Kunta. Kunta Kinte. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION") BURTON: (As Geordi La ...

But one of the most touching tributes of all came from LeVar Burton, Amos’ co-star in the hit 1977 mini-series “Roots.” Burton played a young Kunta Kinte, the son of an African warrior who ...

LeVar Burton has weighed in on a man claiming there's no way he can be racist because he allegedly has a tattoo of Kunta Kinte on his arm. A caller named James hit up the English talk radio ...

LeVar Burton was a sophomore in theater school ... Early in the production he faced one of the more challenging scenes, Kunta Kinte’s enslavement in Africa. “The sequence cut together is ...

and filling the roll of Kunta Kinte in the ever important mini-series Roots, LeVar Burton has inspired and shaped the minds of several generations of trivia-loving nerds,” the petition states.

LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage ... freedom-to-read advocate and actor — whose breakthrough role portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries “Roots” put him on the map ...

and television host LeVar Burton is best known for his roles as George La Forge in Star Trek and Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots, as well as the host of Reading Rainbow. From a table at ...

LeVar Burton learned a profound lesson last year ... with his Emmy-nominated performance as the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 ABC miniseries Roots. "The entire nation got an education," says ...

LeVar Burton, the beloved actor of Reading Rainbow ... Burton tweeted, sharing a picture of oysters from Jake’s (and referring to Kunta Kinte, whom he played in the phenomenally popular 1977 ...