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LeVar Burton on Twitter: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / Twitter
![LeVar Burton and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author Alex Haley on the set of "Roots" in 1976 : r/OldSchoolCool LeVar Burton and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author Alex Haley on the set of "Roots" in 1976 : r/OldSchoolCool](https://preview.redd.it/r0qfrzbwmjd71.jpg?auto=webp&s=e377cc62d6d1a221a1164ce027e1bbf7f27394d6)
LeVar Burton and "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author Alex Haley on the set of "Roots" in 1976 : r/OldSchoolCool
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