The actor, director and television host turns 60 on February 16, 2017.
The multitalented Burton rose to fame for playing Kunta Kinte in the acclaimed ABC miniseries Roots in 1977, then expanded his fanbase even further with his role as Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation starting in 1987.
In honor of Burton’s milestone birthday, look back at some of classic Reading Rainbow clips from the original PBS Kids show.
1. Remember this intro song, ‘80s and ‘90s kids?
2. LeVar Burton chats about pigs with Kermit the Frog:
3. Hip hop group Run DMC busts some rhymes about reading in this classic clip:
4. This 1987 promo for a Reading Rainbow VHS tape features some of the classic books featured on the show. These titles can make you seriously nostalgic!
The story is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago, perhaps even more so. Slavery’s insidious legacy of racism and institutionalized discrimination continues to rear its ugly head in contemporary America and the linkage between these societal flaws and our foundation as a slave-owning nation are unassailable.
Not to mention that, if Betsy DeVos’s agenda of school privatization goes through, it would probably bring with it a rapid acceleration in the resegregation of American education, beyond even current levels. This is literally portraying the perpetrator of an injustice as one of the victims of that very injustice.
“i’m putting the roman back in romance” i say as i conquer barbaric lands for my beautiful wife and and write erotic elegies in which i hope that she does not die at the age of thirty in childbirth
taako pretends there’s a spider on magnus’ neck and magnus hits him at 45% strength which they all collectively refer to as the ‘assassination attempt’
okay i want a thought explanation on why people romance cullen & solas cause i don’t get it. cullen i get a little bit more cause he’s cute in a weird white guy way (like dudebros who wear their hats backwards) but Solas????? umm???
Well. I always romance the slightly edging white dude in bio ware games, you know me. But really, I liked the kiss scene and the romantic tension between him and the inquisitor.
online job application quiz: you are approached by a customer who is unhappy about an order they have placed and would like a refund, but you are very busy. what do you do in this scenario? me: (checking stats) i roll to seduce the customer,
