" Cosby Show was that unlike most sitcoms about blacks, they never, ever mentioned the fact that they were black. Compare this to Whoopi Goldberg's unlamented sitcom, or the Jeffersons, where they could not go more than a sentence or two without bringing up race. What the Cosby Show DID do was spotlight music by black artists, or inobtrusively hang a painting by Jacob Lawrence on the wall, or have the grandparents talk about participating in civil rights marches in the 1960's. Great stuff!   

 ==Military Brat (Navy Brat)== 

 On the ""Military Brats"" Wikipedia page, Cosby is listed as a famous 'military brat' (child of a military family, which is not considered a derogatory term by most who grew up in military families) and more specifically, he is listed as a Navy brat. A military childhood has many significant challenges and strengths associated with it, and the military aspect of Cosby's own childhood should be included here in the ""Early Life"" section.  

 

 Also, Cosby's parents are not mentioned in the article. That is customary for wiki and also would allow us to research and document the history of military service in his family. 

 

 == Background == 

 Can we get a link to the text of his speech to support ""In the same speech he had scathing remarks for Christians and the police, as well as praise for the efforts of the Black Muslim organization and it's effectiveness, however, these statements were not reported in the articles in the mainstream media."" 

 :The Gettosburg Address's full text is the link that needs to be moved to WikiSource has the full text for review (those statements appear at the middle and end of the speech). I'm not sure how to have that done so I would appreciate anyone who does that &/r explains how to do it.   (p.s. plz sign your comments) 

 ""There wasn't any proof that these last two alleged allegations took place and Cosby was acquitted."" This is very poor.  No details are offored of any trials, just that allegations were made. Can we have at least a mention of whether a trial took place, adn poreerably whoch court, links to transcripts if anyone can find them.    

 ::::The background section needs MAJOR work. It is completely unsourced and frequently POV. With the intense scrutiny Wikipedia receives regarding entries on real people, a section such as this would seem to fail to meet the necessary standards of Wiki for biographical entries. But for the loss of a great deal of information, I would be inclined to delete the entire section. Hopefully someone can find the time for the badly-needed rewrite.   

 == Opinion/Vandalism in Personal Life == 

 The wikipedia entry should include that Autumn Jackson was eventually acknowledged as Bill Cosby's biological daughter. A fact he knew(but denied publically for years) since she was a child and would visit her and her mother, and would have them visit his tv 'set'.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by     

 Can you provide a source for claim that he has acknowledged her as his daughter?  All I see are articles from late 90s saying Jackson declined to take a DNA test. 

 I'm not sure it is academically profitable for an article to indicate that Cosby had an ""ugly"" wife, nor to comment on her academic standing unless the author would like to cite a credible source for the proposition.  Second,  I don't think it is necessary to repeat the stories of his possible indiscretions, once in the article is likely enough to bring it to the reader's attention. 

  

 I'm going to revert this. If I'm wrong, sorry.   
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 Bill Cosby is not dead ==]] 

  
    
 Ummm. Is anyone remotely aware of the fact that this entire page is... gone? 
 Who is Domo? 

 ==Awards== 

  
 Honarary Degree - The Ohio State University - June 8th, 2001 NEWLIN