State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi led the six-person race with 27.5% of the vote Tuesday night. The next closest candidates were ...

It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people ...

Burton says he is proud to be Stoney’s namesake, and that Stoney embodies the values he’s spent much of his life advocating for: social justice, education, and literacy.

“LeVar Burton has helped shape the American imagination,” Vinson said, before awarding him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Visibly moved, ...

LeVar Burton plays a game of Wild Card with Rachel Martin. He talks about his changing definition of success, his mom's influence on him, and why he sees his job as simply being LeVar Burton.

Actor LeVar Burton was stunned to discover he had a secret White ancestor who served in the Confederate army when appearing on the PBS show, 'Finding Your Roots,' last week.

LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage in “Finding Your Roots” and discovered something about his ancestors that shocked him. The former “Reading Rainbow” host, freedom-to-read ...

LeVar Burton just took a look at his family tree and was shocked by what he found.. The "Reading Rainbow" host appeared on the latest episode of PBS' "Finding Your Roots," where he discovered that ...

LeVar Burton and his wife Stephanie Cozart Burton at Pen America's 2019 Litfest Gala on Nov. 1, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Jerod Harris/Getty ...

Actor LeVar Burton made an incendiary comment against parental rights group, Moms for Liberty, while hosting the National Book Awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. The former host of the beloved ...