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LeVar Burton discusses importance of storytelling at ETSU’s Festival of Ideas

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University's Festival of Ideas welcomed award-winning actor, host and literary advocate LeVar Burton as a keynote speaker on Thursday. Burton is best known for hosting PBS's "Reading Rainbow," which aired from 1983 to 2009. He began his career at 19, portraying Kunta Kinte in the miniseries "Roots." Burton also played Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and reprised…

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LeVar Burton discusses importance of storytelling at ETSU’s Festival of Ideas

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University's Festival of Ideas welcomed award-winning actor, host and literary advocate LeVar Burton as a keynote speaker on Thursday. Burton is best known for hosting PBS's "Reading Rainbow," which aired from 1983 to 2009. He began his career at 19, portraying Kunta Kinte in the miniseries "Roots." Burton also played Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and reprised…

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