Dick and Jane and Levar

The first time I saw actor/director Levar Burton, to the best of my knowledge, was 1977, when he played Kunta Kinte in Roots.

“If you’re a Star Trek fan, you know LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge, the vision-impaired engineer of the USS Enterprise. Fans of ’70’s mini-series know him as Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley’s…