, he played Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ali, and he became famous for playing Kunta Kinte in the landmark television series Roots.
He played the detective in the music video for Cameo's hit "Word Up!," and one of the characters he portrayed was born in the African Confederation and attended Zefram Cochrane High School. The voice of Kwame in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, he played Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ali, and he became famous for playing Kunta Kinte in the landmark television series Roots. For 10 points name this longtime host of Reading Rainbow who played the blind Geordie La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
He played the detective in the music video for Cameo's hit "Word Up!," and one of the characters he portrayed was born in the African Confederation and attended Zefram Cochrane High School.
Levar {Burton}