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Article: Life after the Cosby show: activist-actor celebrates 30 years of wedded bliss, continues fight against black stereotypes on TV. (Bill Cosby)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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For Bill Cosby, 1994 started off with a joyous celebration. In January, the legendary comedian and his wife, the former Camille Olivia Hanks, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. To commemorate the special day, the couple hosted an elegant dinner party at their home in New York City. "If I do say so myself," says Cosby, "it was lovely."
Lovely, however, is not how Cosby would describe the status of African-Americans on television. In fact, two years after The Cosby Show ended its glorious, history-making prime time run, the man who created the series finds it difficult, often painful, to watch television. "I see myself as an African-American who is ...