Tech's Day 15 in Black History: Butterfly in the skyyyyyyyy

Thanks to roots, my namesake LeVardis (oooo, nice name) Robert Martyn "LeVar" Burton Jr. was born today February 15, 1957 to American parents U.S Army Signal Corps Levardis  Robert Martyn Burton and social worker, administrator, and educator in Landsthul, Germany and his acting fame came from the T.V movie "Roots" that was based of the novel by Alex Haley that told the story of Kunta Kinte, played by LeVar Burton, an African captured and sold into slavery. Through out the move Kunta rebels always trying to find freedom, even after receiving the name Toby



LeVar went on to produce and star in one of the longest running children's programs, Reading Rainbow. A show that received over 200 broadcast awards; a Peabody Award and 26 Emmys. LeVar himself won 12 Emmys as host and producer. After the shows initial run LeVar and his business partner Mark Wolfe acquired the glboa rights to trhe brand and formed RRKIDZ; a new media company for children which includes the reading rainbow ipad app. To further the Reading Rainbow brand, in 2014 LeVar started a kicstarter to bring Reading Rainbow back as maybe a web series to keep up with the times. The kick started raised over 5 million dollars.



And we can't forget Star Trek: The Next Generation where LeVar played Lieutenant Geordi La Forge. The blind chief engineer was known for his visor that let him see; a visor that was imply a teeth comb spray painted gold... People called him the next generation's Spock. LeVar even directed two episodes The Next Generation and sevearl episodes of other Star Trek series like Deep Space Nine where there was a character named after him and episodes of Voyager and Enterprise.






Also, I want to thank LeVar Burton for the idea to capitalize the V in LeVar.  Helps for those who want to pronounce it Leaver....