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Cosby Credits City Programs With Helping His Childhood Family | Essentials

Cosby Credits City Programs With Helping His Childhood Family

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Bill Cosby earned the nickname “America’s dad” for dishing out advice coupled with a dose of humor. As Dr. Cliff Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” he played the patriarch of the family, delivering trademark quips like: “I brought you into this world. And I can take you out. ” “The Cosby Show” broke barriers at the time, it reflected a truth for many African American families who until that point hadn’t seen an educated, successful and well off African American family celebrated on television. But if Cosby’s TV family was wealthy and secure, his own childhood was anything but. He was the oldest of four brothers and grew up in the projects on the tough streets of Philadelphia. “There were times when there was only the checks … two checks a month,” Cosby told ABC News. “But there were programs for the kids within the housing project.

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Bill Cosby

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0“There were times when there was only the checks … two checks a month,” Cosby told ...
0“There were times when there was only the checks … two checks a month,” Cosby told ABC News. “But there were programs for the kids within the housing project.”
0“If you needed a dentist … if you broke your arm playing, there was a service,” Cosby said. ...
0“If you needed a dentist … if you broke your arm playing, there was a service,” Cosby said. “There was something that took care of you and as a child it was sort of magic for me that things were taken care of.”
0“My mother never had money … but my brother was taken care of medically,” Cosby said. ...
0.110164“My mother never had money … but my brother was taken care of medically,” Cosby said. “So organizations with this kind of help is really important.”
0.117668“One of the most important things taught in most cultures is to give a part of one’s earnings, to give a part of one’s good luck,” Cosby said. ...
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Dr. Cliff Huxtable

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