s 1984 presidential campaign and was reportedly the model for Dr. Cliff Huxtable on Bill Cosby’s sitcom “The Cosby Show.” He repeatedly denied being Mr. Cosby’s inspiration, but he ...

Dr. Poussaint also had been friends with Bill Cosby for years before dozens of women accused the comedian of sexual assault and misconduct, which led to civil lawsuits, a criminal conviction for ...

Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint ... In addition, Poussaint is believed to be the model for disgraced actor Bill Cosby’s defining role on The Cosby Show as Heathcliff “Cliff” Huxtable, a role which ...

An Augusta native is now residing behind “the gates” of the fictional gated-community, Fairmont Crest. Actor Maurice Johnson ...

That same year, Dr. Poussaint began as a consultant for “The Cosby Show,” starring comedian Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff “Cliff” Huxtable, the father in an upper-middle-class Black family ...

Irene was born on March 28, 1931 to James Isaac Barnes and Martha Catherine Garver Barnes in Cosby, Tennessee. On September 20, 1947, Irene married the love of her life, William L. "Bill" Large ...

Tennessee lawmakers for the first time honored the work of 15 enslaved men rented by the State of Tennessee in the 1800s to ...

Their adult daughters, Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnée ... a window into Black lives that weren’t downtrodden. Bill Cosby’s personal legacy has unfortunately usurped the significance ...

He launched his tenure by exposing teachers to a 1968 documentary, “Lost, Stolen or Strayed,” narrated by Bill Cosby, that detailed ... a curriculum designed by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, as well ...

One proposal would designate the Dr. MLK Jr ... Faison, R-Cosby, and Rep. Harold Love Jr., D-Nashville. The three plan to sponsor a proposal this year requesting Gov. Bill Lee and the State ...