- LeVar Burton will receive the Lifetime Achievement award at this year's Emmy awards.
- He will be honored at the first Children's & Family Emmy Awards. This is the newest addition to the Emmy Awards.
- LeVar has over 20 Emmys in his career.
- He is being recognized for hosting Reading Rainbow.
- Literacy is very important to LeVar. He has a podcast, LeVar Burton Reads where he mostly reads to adults.
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