African american Quote by Keshia Knight Pulliam

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show…

— Adam McKay

“Our neighbors were so excited when a black family moved in that they got them a welcome basket with the first three seasons of…

— Flynn Meaney

White people loved 'The Cosby Show,' especially liberal white people. They loved it because it was a great, funny, well - written, and beautifully…

— Rebecca Traister

In 1965, Cosby had become the first black man ever to star in a prime-time television show; he was conscious enough of his non-dissolved,…

— Rebecca Traister

“We were watching a sitcom, I don't remember which. There were many of them at the time that all could be lumped together under…

— Jeff Lindsay

Mr. Cosby wanted to do a show not about an upper-middle-class black family, but an upper-middle-class family that happened to be black. Though it…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

I can't negate the theory that the Huxtables on 'The Cosby Show' may have helped pave the way for the Obama family. People enjoyed…

— Bill Cosby

I was the first black man on television.

— Scatman Crothers

Bill Cosby is one of America's most successful black performers.

— Renee Montagne

Bill Cosby is not Black America's Father, and never was.

— Jason Johnson

My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's…

— Larry Wilmore