Cosby: Revolution begins inside the home
Redistricting in Georgia will be carried out for the first time since the mid-1960s without the protection of a key section of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
Terry Lewis
Bill Cosby strode across the stage, bent slightly at the knees and smiled broadly.
That’s all it took for the capacity crowd gathered Friday at the Municipal Auditorium to burst into laughter and wild applause. But Cosby, who gave a performance Friday night at the Albany Civic Center, wasn’t at the auditorium for comedy. He was there to head a panel discussion on parenting.
“The revolution begins in the home, not in the schools, not in the Boys & Girls Clubs, but in the house,” Cosby told the crowd. “The people who need to be here ain’t here. You people need to go back and tell them
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