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21 Mar, 2014

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Rashad and Stamos talk about Rashad’s character in  A Raisin in the Sun.

She may not know a lot of racy things that are happening in the culture at that time.

'A Rasin in the Sun' John Stamos & Phylicia Rashad Interview

23 Oct, 2013

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Rashad is interviewed at Claflin University by one of the students.

Young people need to vote and young people need to be very active in voter registration.

Phylicia Rashad at Claflin University

24 Jun, 2013

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Rashad talks to Winfrey on Oprah’s Next Chapter about how The Cosby Show changed most people’s negative perception of black people.

Well they didn’t grow up in my community…It depends on who you know, and what you know.

How The Cosby Show Represented Race in America | Oprah's Next Chapter | Oprah Winfrey Network

10 May, 2013

Tavis Smiley interview

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Rashad discusses her career and her latest stage directing projects in this interview for PBS. On directing vs. acting:

Well, first of all, it’s working with the entire production and the entire creative team. You know how that works, how that happens, how to galvanize energies to move in alignment with a vision as the vision is developing. That’s an amazing thing. It’s an amazing experience for me.

15 Jan, 2013

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Rashad talks about beauty and her own self acceptance and the first time she felt beautiful.

When I gave birth to my son.

Phylicia Rashad Talks Self Esteem, Learning to Love Herself & Her New Show "Do No Harm"

17 Aug, 2011

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Rashad talks about Hamri, the director of the film Just Wright at its premiere in New York.

She’s the absolute best and she’s got stories to tell.

Phylicia Rashad @ Just Wright Premiere in N.Y- Interview with Simo Benbachir

17 Mar, 2011

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Rashad talks about her mother’s choice to cleverly camouflage racism from her and her siblings back when she was raising them.

My mother, Vivian Ayers, who decided that her children were not going to be scarred by racism.

Maria Hinojosa interviews Phylicia Rashad