LeVar Burton: ‘Star Trek has always been at the forefront’



ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with father-daughter duo LeVar and Mica Burton about their roles in “Star Trek: Picard,” the power of diversity and the “Reading Rainbow” host’s feelings on the book ban. ABC News Live Prime, Monday through Friday at 7EST and 9EST WATCH ABC News live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit. ly/2vZb6yP See more at http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/abcnews FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc #ABCNNLPrime #LeVarBurton #StarTrek #ReadingRainbow

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11 comments

  1. We need more African Americans like these two. That's definitely a fact. God bless you both. πŸ•΄οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸ™‡πŸ™πŸ™Œ

  2. I started seriously reading as an 8 yr old boy in 1963. My first book, Astronomy. I watched Star Trek in 1966 and marveled, but I did try to figure out if and how we were going to get to a place where we were establishing planetary colonies. From this iteration of Star Trek following the original series, I realized that all the jobs on a starship were science based. I saw from the original Star Trek that they placed the "space command" within the Navy and not the Air Force.

  3. Jesus Christ called people everywhere to repent, so if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe with all your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved and inherit the kingdom of heaven and eternal life. To this, people would accept Jesus Christ in life in their hearts and told other people how Good he is, how he saves, heals and frees and gives eternal life for freΠ΅ 832

  4. Amazing show, I used to watch Star trek a long time ago, when it were a television show, and seems some movies .

  5. Bidet, Mica!!!! β€πŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œ

  6. She looks like a clone of Levar's wife. It's uncanny

  7. Legit, like I’m sorry, but Picard reminds me of Lex Luthor πŸ˜…

  8. I rewatch TNG all the time! and I can't wait for each of the new "Picard" episodes!

  9. Joe biden cares nothing about kids unless he can molest them.