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Black History Month: How Bill Cosby Changed Television (Video)

Black History Month: How Bill Cosby Changed Television (Video)

VIBE Posted February 21, 2013

The rainbow-hued sweaters, the dad-isms, the family values -- Bill Cosby ran the TV world with The Cosby Show, and it wasn't just Black people tuning in. Watch this three-minute clip to discover how the actor/comedian changed the way that African-Americans were depicted on television.

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