Louis Gossett, Jr. is an Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actor because of the powerful role he played as a drill sergeant in the celebrated feature film "An Officer and a Gentleman." He won an Emmy award for his performance in the iconic television mini-series "Roots." Currently, he is playing Halle Berry's father in the CBS-TV summer series "Extant." But his most passionate undertaking for the last quadrant of his life is the Eracism Foundation. His great desire is for the Eracism Foundation to change the world for the better by supporting the next generation's development so that they become cultural leaders of a new society where racism no longer exists.