The former 'Reading Rainbow' host and literacy advocate learned education played a key role in dad’s side of the family But during the newest episode of the PBS series, LeVar, now 66, discovered that ...

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LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family’s ancestry on Tuesday’s episode of PBS’ hit series “Finding Your Roots.” Burton rose to fame as a child actor in the TV adaptation of ...

During an appearance on “Finding Your Roots,” LeVar Burton unearthed the educational legacy that lives within his paternal bloodline. It turns out that LeVar Burton’s passion for literacy comes from a ...

On Tuesday night’s episode of Finding Your Roots, LeVar Burton was shocked to discover that he’s part-white. Burton, the renowned host of PBS educational series Reading Rainbow and star of Roots and ...

Finding out who you are and what your ancestry looks like can be a complicated journey for African Americans in the United States, especially for actor LeVar Burton. On the latest episode of the ...

In an interview with New York magazine, Roots star LeVar Burton had one simple question about the History Channel’s intended remake of the popular 1970s miniseries: “My initial reaction was, why?” ...

Actor LeVar Burton decried the Adams administration’s budget cuts to the city’s public library systems Tuesday and urged New Yorkers to sign a petition calling for the spending reductions to be ...

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 adaptation ...

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 adaptation ...