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Article: Bill Cosby shouldn't back down from breaking the code.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
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- May 24, 2004
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Byline: Gregory Clay
During the reception, the champagne flowed. When the program started, the bright lights glowed.
And when the festivities ended, actor-comedian-philanthropist Bill Cosby had provided the spark that shocked us back to reality.
On May 17, during the gala commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision desegregating the nation's public educational system, Cosby scolded a few thousand of us on that star-studded night at Constitution Hall in Washington. A scolding that has been somewhat glossed over by the major media the past week.
As the young, 18-34 demographic might say, ...