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How Cosby Show Actress Phylicia Rashad Escaped a Segregated South

Name: How 'Cosby Show' Actress Phylicia Rashad Escaped a Segregated South
Uploaded: 2016-01-18T13:38:08-0600
Duration: P0Y0M0W0DT0H1M43S
Description: Actress Phylicia Rashad was growing up in Houston, Texas, at a time when segregation of the races was legal. Her mother, however, had a plan to raise her children in a different environment: Mexico City.

Aired on 01/28/2017 | CC

Actress Phylicia Rashad was growing up in Houston, Texas, at a time when segregation of the races was legal. Her mother, however, had a plan to raise her children in a different environment: Mexico City.

Here, the Cosby Show star opens up about experiencing a new culture when she was just 13 years old.

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