LaVar Burton helped raise me. Helped teach me english along side Sesame St. as a boy who only spoke spanish. Im also a huge trekkie and I love Geordi. Hes a hero. A legend.

The man's a national treasure.

Levar Burton is the epitome of class!

Levar Burton is an Icon i grew up watching him on Reading Rainbow

Thank you Mr. Burton. You've not only helped unlock my adventures in reading, you opened my eyes to a history before slavery, during slavery, after that evil, to the freedom beyond the stars. Thank you for your vulnerability in service for us to be seen.💜🔥

Thank you, Mr. LeVar Burton! The important literacy work you've gifted us is so appreciated!

I just cried happy tears for 51 minutes.

If Levar Burton is a fingerpainting on the refrigerator of his mother, I know what that painting would look like. It would be a rainbow, with a spaceship on one side and a set of broken chains on the other, all on top of an open book.

Lavar Berton is the best example of black excellence today. He loves black people he loves being black and he loves the black family, that living practice of black love ideology paired with his love for books and education make him ultimately some kind of supreme being. Just saying 🤷🏾‍♀️

what a great man and a great story

I remember Reading Rainbow like it was yesterday. I remember thinking there was really something special about that program. Captivating children's minds to learn. I am 41 years old now and have been beaten down, robbed and abused by this economy. I'm now dejected, defeated, under the poverty line and will wonder what this economy did to me and for what reason until the day I die. Captivating young minds for the sole purpose of raising a more intelligent society is the holy grail of civility and equality. The secretary of the department of education has a mind numbingly daunting tasking order, I understand that. However, education reform is one of the most important problems we face during this time in human history. We all have an obligation to teach the minds of youth. To inspire them to repair this world and societies that we've all spent our lives destroying. I cannot help but feel profound pessimism for the future of America. I am still trying, my efforts are all in vain, but I will never stop trying. I have many solutions to the problems and threats we face as human beings. Albeit, I have no voice, no credentials, and no support. My life was a success story in the American slave labour mill. I am truly the best slave I have ever known, followed closely by my father. It has to stop, freedom, independence and equality in this economy are vital to our survival as a nation and globally as a fledgling species of ignorant primates. I have many solutions, and my conscience has been clean my entire life. I no longer have anything to prove. I'm here to help in any way I am able. This is a time when it is shameful to call ourselves American. We say we are fighting to promote Democratic process, when really we are fighting for capitalist sovereignty at the expense of the masses. Inequality begets human suffering, we change or we fall and fade from the annals of time.

Beautiful and inspirational! An adult role model for me!

I have no words for how much I love LeVar. Before I was born he was transforming minds and hearts in Roots, and I grew up with reading rainbow and watching star trek TNG. I even remember the crossover episode between star trek and RR. He also did an episode about Roots and I appreciate the way he presented so mindfully for a kid audience. As a black nerd he's shown me how to make a space for oneself in the world built on love, play, determination, authenticity and service. I love him dearly. I listen to his podcast often too. This man is the real deal. Such a treasure in this modern world. 💕🙏🏾

When I was growing up, I never saw Levar as anything other than an adult. I would watch him on Star Trek on the weekends and on Reading Rainbow during the week. Star Trek taught me that it didn't matter who you were, we all have gifts to share. Reading Rainbow taught me to love reading. School made me hate reading. In my eyes, I always had to read books I either didn't understand or thought were boring. I was 25 and randomly saw an episode of Reading Rainbow. Watching that episode got me into reading again. Thank you, Levar.

Very lucky to have been shaped by such an amazing human being. Mr Burton gave me hope

I was introduced to him at 7 via our television for the premier of TNG. It was awesome. Thank you

LeVar will always be my best good friend who had that great tv show when I was a little girl. Im glad to hear from him again♥️♥️.

Thank you so much, Mr. Burton

Preach, Levar, preach. I love you, brother.

Inspiring, thank you!

I Was Raised Watching PBS9 In St. Louis, Missouri ❤ Since '71 & I Watch CPB Now. 🎉 😊

An amazing man.

Nobody ever talks about One in a Million. Talk about underrated!

Protect this man at all costs! 🥹

I met LeVar Burton and Brent Spiner at Comic Con one year... They were exceedingly kind and funny. It means a lot. It's rough to be a fan of something and find out your favorite character is a jerk in real life; makes the show or movie less enjoyable. I consider myself lucky because my interaction with them enhanced the series in my eyes.

LaVar Burton is a person every man should strive to be like!

In this world of so many problems, and so many ill motivated people, I am grateful to learn about you and know that a person like you is among us, living not for personal gain, but purposefully for the betterment of the human race. Thank you so much.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. This is my response to the comments about his son. LeVar has done so much good that it might do well to say. THERE’S SO MUCH BAD IN THE BEST OF US AND SO MUCH GOOD IN THE WORST OF US THAT IT ILL BEHOOVES ANY OF US TO TALK ABOUT THE REST OF US. God bless you LeVar.

I enjoyed this exposē on Levar Burton. All that praise for his Mom and her profession, then learns through "Finding Your Roots," that he comes a line of male educators through his father.😊

Great man learned a lot from this man as kids

I am going to meet this man one day. April 13, 1997 I won 1st place 🏆🏆🏆 for my book “I Found A Bat” and it was signed off with an award by LeVar Burton. “Young Writers and Illustrators Awards.”

I can't get past how casually they skim over how his sister had to raise his son and kept him out of fostercare.

Thank you, Sir L. Burton, for joy, imagination, and the passion for learning. God bless you, you have so many protoje out here.

He was my childhood, i love reading rainbow and star trek. We need show back for the new generation

Great interview

My most respected actor… ❤️

Marvelous...thank you.

This was beautiful.

Like I'm cool with Blossom and Ken doing Jeopardy but really? Reading Rainbow was my jam back in the day. Butterfly in the Sky.

Not only is he a brilliant mind, but he must have been some athlete growing up. OJ Simpson said when they filmed Roots, they filmed a few takes and he couldn’t catch up with Lavar. So finally the director told Lavar to slow down. OJ was at his peak physically at that time. So Lavar was an athlete as well.

Those eyes.❤

Gratitude

I love how he speaks of Alex Hailey. It was surprising to hear how he ran from his responsibility to raise his son. Love for his sister for stepping up to the plate to do it. I would like to know what became of the relationship with his son and about his other sister.

Black IS beautiful even if others don't acknowledge it it is what it is 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥰❤️🖤💚

so what happened to his first kid?

Maybe I missed something about him finding out that he had a son that had to go into foster care and then be raised by his sister while he try’s to understand how to be a parent. He meets the love of his life becomes a father again but doesn’t even mention his son again in this documentary or even show his son’s picture or allow him to speak on camera.

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John the Baptist wasn't up in the synagogues; The Bible is the Book of Books.

I never wanted to be a priest or nine I grew up Catholic and I was raised Catholic. Nice day with my family because I have a disability I don’t want to do anymore dad and civil servant for low paying job

Why is reading rainbow star LeVar Burton a loving father to his daughter mica burton?

... stopped reading the greatest book ever known to explore some pretty good ones...

Shame on you

Lost a lot of respect for this guy when he was on the Bill O'Reilly show and he was asked questions about some social issues he believed and was asked follow-up questions. He got all bothered and couldn't justify his beliefs on certain subjects. Then the next day he claimed that he was being harassed and attacked because of questions. A grown man tried to play the victim over questions. Wow!

This. Was. AMAZING. 🥹🥹🥹