LeVar Burton's Imagination Fuels His Purpose

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02/03/21 • 48 min

Levar Burton needs no introduction, the man is a cultural icon. You may have grown up watching him on TV nn the educational show Reading Rainbow, or maybe you saw him as Kunta Kinte in Roots, one of the first television dramas to address slavery in the mainstream. If you’re a trekkie you definitely watched him as Georgie LaForge in Star Trek, The Next Generation. When you get down to it he is an amazing storyteller, and he's inspired a generation in so many ways.

On this episode of the Brownprint he talks knowing your purpose and how the universe will ultimately support your endeavors, his drive for social justice, and the importance of reading as a fuel for your imagination engine. What he believes is our most important skillset.

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