WHAT PERV..SUCH A HYPOCRITE

I wonder if the allegation is true. I would hope not, I love Bill Cosby, but truthfully you never really know what people are capable of.

HA !!!!

Co-sign with #2, such a shame

The way I see it, if I was not guilty of what I was being accused of, I would fight down to my last nickel to prove my innocence. Him settling out of court tells me sthat he may have been guilty of those charges. And then you hear that OTHER women claimed he did the same thing to him. Camille is going to take is ass to the cleaners (rightfully so)!

I thought that was over.

Why could I picture him doing some shit like that?

I beleive he could have done it. I mean he is a freakin comedian not a civil rights leader or the leader of a major church…oh wait…they have all done the same thing havent they…Oh well.

Way to stay out of the prss Bill.

Bill needs to shut up when it comes to judging black people when his own closet isn’t clean….why he gotta drug women to get some play? He’s rich, I’m sure he can drop some cheese to get some skank to drop it like it’s hot.

Does he help the Cosby kids in real life…Rudy and her alleged drug habit…I wonder if they still keep in touch.

Does anyone think Phylicia Rashad let Bill hit dat?

Mmmmm Pudding!

Such a hypocrite…

I don’t normally believe bad things about people through hearsay, but…..I’m sort of believing that he may have done this. I say sort of because I’d want to be wrong. All that fussing he’s doing about the rap industry being misogynist, he’s doing the same just behind closed doors. just my opinion

Cosby aint shit if he really did that!

Bill ain’t no saint so to say. I tend to believe this woman and the other women who have made similar charges against him in the past with a common theme of Bill, more than likely, slippin’ something into their drink making them feel groggy, passin’ out, with Dr Huxtable then getting his pervert on.

Bill is just another out of touch elitist mofo who believes he can tell black folks of a lesser economic stature how to live their lives while being a hypocrite in their own wayz.

Peace

fuck bill cosby!

He’s guilty or else he wouldn’t have settled. That’s why it doesn’t pay to point the finger @ other people because as our elders would say the other one’s are pointing right back at you!

For the People who are not sure about bill…
TRUST, He DID do it (On more than one occassion)
Bill was a Wild Boy in his younger days as well

Mr. Cosby reminds me of THOSE wonderful Baptist Preachers and Deacons back in the day… Now what’s that famous phrase, Oh Yeah

“Do As I Say, Not As I Do”… HA !!!

He allegedly drugged her! WTF? Druging someone…that’s some wicked, foul $#!T! What’s in the dark must come to the light! Now, all his friends are whispering and saying what they want they really think about him! I can’t stand this old evil geezer!

I wonder how he will work this event into his speech??

Interesting how he is always trying to put “poor” black people on blast but his shit aint correct.

Kobe settled with ole girl that accused him of rape. Now, North Philly Bill is settling with ole girl. Here’s an unique idea fellas: ONLY HAVE SEX WITH YOUR WIVES!!!! (unless, yall mutually decided to go around smuting or attempting to smut other people.)

Seeing as sexually assaulting someone and spending your money unwisely are not clearly related to each other, I don’t think Bill is being a hypocrite in that sense. A lot of what he’s said is true, and the fact that he’s a cheating and now morally questionable person does not make what he said any less true.

If a child murdering pedophile said the sky was blue, would that be a lie because of his background?

I am shaking my head at him because I look down on anyone who takes advatage of anyone else sexually. It’s so wrong, and he’ll get what’s coming to him.

That’s good for his self righteous ass

Dang…Bill got caught with his pants down….pun intended

The nerve of this hypocrite. Women from decades back are claiming he’s assaulted them in some way. All of those women aren’t lying. And how dare he criticize black mothers and fathers when he knew he had an illegitimate daughter out there that he was only sending the occassional check.

Comment #20… I can’t speak for Bill but Kobe IS obvioously having sex with his wife (2 young girls)
From what I’ve heard Kobe LIKES Rough Sex… And in particular, Anal Sex and I guess he can’t do that to his wife (Or at least, not as OFTEN as he would like)

LMAO @ 9 & 10

HIS OLD ASS NEED TO STOP. SAT DOWN DAMMIT.

I’m saddened & disappointed this morning by this report that places Mr. Cosby in the Category of being akin to a rapist.

As a Sociologist, I always wonder what drives a person to such actions.

Is it an overwhelming desire for sexual gratification, or is it a metabolism disorder???

We’ll never really know because the case was settled and the files were sealed.

Another thing that immediately comes to my mind is the amount of PLEASURE the Black Community appears to take in seeing another one of Our Black Men being exposed for the person that he was at THAT particular space & time.

Why do select person in the Black community love & enjoy to see one of our Black Hero’s fail??

Could it be the Crab in the Barrel mentality that has affected our race, and has been a plague to our community since slavery days? Quite possibly.

For some peculiar reason, I believe that many in the Black Race have a “self hatred” towards members of their own race. I don’t quite understand why, but I could list and detail the reasons. For the sake of staying on topic, I would list those reasons at this time

Nevertheless, Bill Cosby is an ICON to the Black Race & ME especially.

The Cosby Show was an HIGHEST RATED BLACK SITCOM in Television History!! The show ran from 1984 to 1992 !!

I remember sitting up in my Fraternity House with my Kappa Brothers & Kappa sweethearts watching the Cosby Show and then his other spin off, ” A Different World” !!!

On any given Thursday Evening, from 8:00 – 9:00, every BLACK family (and a lot of my Caucasian & Hispanic friends) had there TV’s tuned to Channel 4 (here in NYC), NBC !!

Had it not been for Bill Cosby, we NEVER would have know of the talents of:Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Geoffrey Owens, Joseph C. Phillips, Raven-Symoné,Erika Alexander or The Different World Cast of Bumper Robinson, Lou Myers, Kadeem Hardison, Patrick Malone, and Darryl M. Bell. Bottom Row: Jada Pinkett, Karen Malina White, Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer, and Ajai Sanders. & Glynn Turman.

I’ve heard many say that it had NOT been for the Cosby Show & A Different World, they would not have gone to college. Who out there desired to go to Hillman College and thought that it REALLY existed?
Watching the Cosby Show & a Different World made me upset that I didn’t go to a HBCU like Howard, Hampton or Morgan….

The Cosby Show gave me a greater appreciation of the Importance of Education
*Watching the Cosby Show made me want to go back to school to pursue my Masters !!!
An Appreciation Black Art (Remember when “Claire” purchased those paintings !!!), Black Music (Seeing Dizzy Gillipesie & Miles Davis on the Cosby Show sent me over the top !!!) & Black College Life !!!

And Watching the Cosby Show let me know that that I NEVER had to assimilate so much that I loose my Black Identity.

I Learned from Dr. Cosby that I never had to “talk white” or “Act White” because there was so much beauty & texture to my own Black Heritage.

For that, I owe Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr, Ed.D a debt of gratitude.

Although I had a WONDERFUL Role Model(s) in my Parents & Older Brothers, Dr. Cosby gave me a added ICON to look upon, gaze on, and attempt to follow in his footsteps.

I’m extremely hurt & disappointed in Dr. Cosby this morning.

But, at the same time, I realize that he IS a human being with frailties and flaws just like you & I.

If I was in HIS predicament, I would solicit your prayers.

I ask that you pray this morning for Dr. Cosby.

I don’t know what snapped or went wrong in his mind.

All I know is my black sons & daughters don’t have the pleasure of growing up watching a rich tapestry of Heritage & Culture like I did when watching the Cosby Show & a Different World.

I wonder if they ever will AGAIN.

Peace

*SIGH* BILL, I LOVE YOU…

DAMN DOCTA HUXTABLE, CLIFF U WRONG DEAD WRONG!!!

We ALL Love You @bill… No Homo Here
And Some Homos Among Us

money hungry people!

Karma is a bitch!Wonder how much she cashed in on…Bill Cosby is such a hypocrite.

I don’t see Cam’ron taking shots at Bill Cosby for wearing sandals! Well why he gotta hate on Jay then?

On the serious tip, though, I ain’t mad at Dr. Cosby at all. As an educator myself, his words were so on point that they gave me chills. For those of you who are not in urban school settings on a regular basis, let me just tell you: It’s scary as hell to see not only how black kids are acting, but more alarmingly, how their mamas and daddies and mama boyfriends are acting.

If you watch The Wire on HBO, then you know how Nammond’s mama wants her adolescent child to support her big grown ass by selling drugs. I know some of you might find that far fetched but that is real, people.

So to sum up, I agree with Bill. Dr. Cosby is human. He speaks the truth when it comes to black folks and education. Also remeber, sexual assault could be anything from suggestive words to a slight grazing of the booty. None of us know the extent of the situation. If it was that crucial wouldn’t he be at least pending an indictment? Bill Cosby is a philanthropist, a humanitarian, an educator, and Cliff Huxtable was the only positive black male that some people saw on a regular. So back up off Dr. Cosby.

Commnet #32… I hear you LOUD and CLEAR
But the MAJORITY of that is Single Mothers w/ the Step dads and Boyfriends or just the Single Mothers by themselves (usually drug/alcohol addicted)

Bill, your words are the truth.

We shouldn’t be happy for another person’s downfall. I am too dissapointed in Bill’s behavior, and only wish him the best.

Damn Bill Growing up in Philly…everyone looked up to you….! Still like Jello pudding pops though…
~one time for the pudding pops~…LOL

My Darling @mizzlizz, What Up Cutie
You’re sounding very authoritative today
I purposely haven’t been talking to you too much because I don’t want to get your Young Admirers jealous!!!

NOW THATS WHY I DONT EAT DAMN JELLO PUDDING….LOL…I KNEW HIS AZZ WAS UP TO SOMETHING HE WAS JUST TOO DAMN HAPPY ABOUT THE DAMN JELLO….OH BILL A FREAK…BUT DAMN U DIDNT HAVE TO DRUG A FEMALE FOR SOME PUZZY BILL…LOL…LET ME STOP…WONDER HOW MUCH HE PAID…CAUSE YALL KNOW HIS AZZ DID THAT SHYT..LOL

I agreee that some of what Bill (Cosby) said was true but it’s all in the delivery. It is always good to have a discourse on how we can help upgrade the black community. But you don’t have to always come out swinging and putting down those less fortunate. We all have to stay in the struggle and on the grind but by pointing out the negative all the time that is not going to get us anywhere. We all sin and fall short of the glory.. AMEN

Never did do Bill Cosbby, but definitely won’t do his azz now!

@ Something fierce

LOL you are too funny. I do have a lil bit of aggression in me today

@33 SOMETHING FIERCE Unfortunately, that’s exactly what inner city schools are filled with single mothers, many, definitely not all, are drug addicted, HIV positive, or only about 12-15 years older than their child/friend.

The kids at my school can name and describe every Air Jordan I-XXI or however many editions there are, but very, very few have any desire to read A Lesson Before Dying or find out one thing that Dr. Maya Angelou has written.

#27 YOU ARE ON POINT ALL THE TIME! BUT IF YOU DID’NT DO IT BILL COSBY YOU SHOULD NOT SETTLE!

Bill cosby has just disappointed me I had a great respect for him… damn I hope this isn’t true., but to settle that do look suspect

Hmmmmmmmm. I wouldn’t have settled if I were innocent. Especially if I’m semi-retired with very deep pockets. We coulda stayed up in court til I died or she went bankrupt…whichever came first.

If she was making false allegations I woulda made her live to regret it.

@ Bill

Why Bill gotta be a ‘hero’ and ‘icon’???

Ol’ boy is a comedian and actor. Yeah, he’s supported a lot of black causes, but he could definitely afford it. No big sacrifice. And being a big donor stroked his big ego.

I don’t mind people clownin Bill. Heroes and icons are in history books, not Nick at Night!

Holla if you hear me!!!!!

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 10:37 am

she-ra said:
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@ Bill

Why Bill gotta be a ‘hero’ and ‘icon’???

Ol’ boy is a comedian and actor. Yeah, he’s supported a lot of black causes, but he could definitely afford it. No big sacrifice. And being a big donor stroked his big ego

Bill Said:

Well….. the MAIN reason he is a hero & icon to MY family is because The Camille & Bill Cosby Foundation paid for my cousin to attend Morehouse !!!..That same foundation also gave a scholarship to my niece to attend Spelman !!!…..

The Foundation has been doing that (giving out scholorships) for over 20 years (ESPECIALLY to Spelman !!!!).

A lot of People talk the talk, but I only know of FOUR Black Individuals that actually GIVE OUT COLLEGE SCHOLORSHIPS !!!

Bill Cosby
Oprah Winfrey
Russel Simmons
Robert Johnson (Founder of BET)

Peace

@she-ra…… HOOOOLLLLLLAAAAAA !!!!!!!

Soon as I pressed ENTER, the Lord reminded me that SEVERAL Black Preachers (Bishop !) give out scholorships

Bishop Paul Morton
Bishop T.D Jakes
Bishop Charles Blake
..and I’m sure there MORE !!! It’s a common occurence for most of our MAJOR Black MegaChurchs to give out College Scholorships (My son will be attending a major university this fall because of a Scholorship that my church is offering…)

My dear, dear friend, Icon & Hero the Rev. Floyd Flake (Who is the President of Willberforce University, a former CONGRESSMAN and Pastor of the Largest Church in NYC, Greater Allen Cathedral in QUEENS) Also gives out Scholorships !!!

Bill ol stuck up ass did it acting all high and mighty. trick please and the people that preach all the time be doing the most dirty shit

Shame, shame. He needs his ass kicked for this s*&%!

Damn, I’m riding the fence on this one. Gotta love Bill Cosby for bringing positive images of Black people to television via The Cosby Show and A Different World. Plus, there was definitely some truth in his outlandish statements. However, sexual assault?! C’mon Bill, you should know better than that.

African American News from BILL
Massachussets’s FIRST Black Governor!!

What’s Next for Deval Patrick?
After Scoring a Decisive Win in Massachussets, Deval Patrick Faces Conservative Opposition and High Liberal Expectations.
By Tanu Henry, AOL Black Voices
BV News
Josh Reynolds, AP
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick, center, and his wife Diane Patrick, left, talk to poll workers before casting their ballots at a polling place in Milton, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. ran against Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey.

Despite its political reputation: the bluest of blue states — and its inclination to elect Democrats again and again to most statewide offices — Massachusetts has not voted for a Democratic governor in 16 years.

Reversing that trend, Massachusetts new governor-elect, Deval Patrick, a formerly little-known attorney and former federal government official, sealed a blowout victory against his Republican opponent, the Bay State’s current Lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey. Only the second African American to be voted governor in the United States (the first was Douglas L. Wilder who won Virginia in 1990), Patrick won by an almost 20 percentage points.

“This was not a victory for me. This was not a victory just for Democrats. This was a victory of hope.” Patrick said to a packed auditorium of supporters waving signs that read, “Together We Can” during his victory speech at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center.

Prompting cheers, Patrick continued with a broad, inclusive speech that swept across every possible demographic in his home state, referencing farmers and high school dropouts, investment bankers and housewives. The event was attended by several Bay State heavyweights, including senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, state legislators and Lieutenant Governor-elect Tim Murray.

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Talk: Hot TopicsBut even before his inauguration, before he takes a first stab at drafting state policy, critics have begun to speculate the kind of leadership he will bring to the governorship. Many of them are calling his feel-good, life-affirming messages hollow and sentimental, lacking a clear position on the most pressing political issues in Massachusetts. “Remember, we nicknamed the governor-elect “Mr. Fuzzy” after the first debate for his inability or unwillingness to be pinned down on a host of issues,” writes an editorial in the Boston Herald, the city’s right-leaning news daily the morning after elections. “It’s our sincere hope he will use that marvelously Clintonian skill of being all things to all people to resist the pressures of the extreme left - some of the very people who helped secure his election - and to govern from the center, where most of the rest of us live and work and yes, pay taxes.”

One voter and Healey supporter, Jeanne Howher railed, “I supported [Kerry Healey] because she understands government. She understands the challenges and has worked practically to resolve many of them. Patrick is just a personality.”

For many, especially in African-American neighborhoods, where there were sharp increases in voter turnout, Patrick does represent to a symbol of hope in a state that is often fractured by impossible political fault lines maintained by race, class and geography. In fact, in some largely African-American precincts, some polling stations ran out of ballots.

Anthony Worthen, 35, voting at Roxbury Community College, a two-year college in Boston’s historical black neighborhood, said: “This is my first time voting. I thought it was important because I don’t like what’s going on in government right now. I think our government is being monopolized by the interests of a few.”

Nearby at the Roxbury Crossing train station, Deval Patrick-Tim Murray volunteers Deanna Williams, an African-American woman and John O’Brien, an elderly white self-described “Liberal,” pinned their hopes on the campaign because what Patrick represented to each one.

For Williams, Patrick represented change. “He’s a visionary,” she said. “He has a plan to make the state better for all the residents. For O’Brien, who calls himself a one-issue candidate (opposition to the death penalty), the Democrat is the logical choice.

Many gay and lesbian voters are also supporting Patrick, because unlike former governor, Mitt Romney, they expect him to support the gay marriage decision passed by the state’s Supreme Court in 2004.

Patrick is not lost on the fact that he owes his win to strong grassroots organization. In his Victory speech, he acknowledged: “We built what history will record is the broadest and best-organized grassroots organization this Commonwealth has ever seen.” Through that movement, he enjoyed unprecedented support in Massachusetts that cut across race, class and political differences.

In many ways, his life is an aggregation of the many social segments that make up Boston. Born on Chicago’s predominantly black south side, Patrick won a scholarship to the college prep school, Milton Academy, in suburban Boston. (He still lives in the town.) He later attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Active in the community life of the city, Patrick’s life still navigates those vastly different experiences.

Now, as governor of Massachusetts, Patrick’s biggest challenge is to continue speaking to the many constituencies his campaign attracted – traditionalist and progressive — from a clear and decisive political position.

Latching onto the momentum his campaign has generated will be crucial. Delivering on smart policies that will support the vision of Massachusetts that he has sold to the public — and that many of his opponents call impractical or too farsighted — will propel him to a height of national leadership that will parallel the level of hope he has been inspiring in post-election Massachusetts.

Cos is still cool with me, allegations and all! He’s done a lot for colleges and the speeches he gives(painful for some to hear) are still on point.

Boy, if Bill Cosby aint the pot callin the kettle black, Lord have mercy!

Regardless of whether or not he did it, the words he speak about African-Americans are true to a certain extent, and nobody wants to hear it because it’s the truth. R. Kelly is an accused pedophile and people still buy his music, this is no different.

@ 20 Usher’s Nose
LOL!
27,46 and 52 Bill : SHAD’up already!

Bill Cosby gets the November 2006

“TRICK SIT DOWN” AWARD

that includes a lifetime supply of Jello Pudding

an 8-track tape of Richard Pryor’s: That Nigga’s Crazy Album

and a side order of shut the F*&# up!

*** A comedy skit from @bill comment #48 ***

And THE LORD said to Bill “Why would you ONLY mention Nationally Famous people in regards to scholarship, HAVE YOU lost your mind… What IS WRONG WITH YOU”

Bill replied “Forgive me Lord, I WILL make this right !!!”

The Lord then said “You Better because the Next Time that happens… Your wife IS gloing to fall in love with @Something Fierce and their going to live happily ever after!!!”

Bill goes and types As Fast AS He can… See comment #52

@bill… You DO KNOW I’m just kidding with you My Brutha !!!

LMAO @ 56…Is that your real name?

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 11:30 am

Something Fierce said:
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*** A comedy skit from @bill comment #48 ***

And THE LORD said to Bill “Why would you ONLY mention Nationally Famous people in regards to scholarship, HAVE YOU lost your mind… What IS WRONG WITH YOU”

Bill replied “Forgive me Lord, I WILL make this right !!!”

The Lord then said “You Better because the Next Time that happens… Your wife IS gloing to fall in love with @Something Fierce and their going to live happily ever after!!!”

Bill goes and types As Fast AS He can… See comment #52

@bill… You DO KNOW I’m just kidding with you My Brutha !!!

Bill Said:

That’s EXACTLY what God said to me….
You MUST be a Prophet !!!

lol
j/k

if it just me or does bill cosby look like the bitter old man on the block that would always keep your balls if they fell on his property. Just saying what happened to the happy old dude on the jello commercials?

bill are you a professor/teacher? i saw you mention in another post that you did a lesson on andrew young. i hope that you made a typo here and didn’t teach that andrew young was a senator from georgia. there hasn’t been an elected black senator from the south since the reconstruction - which is what makes the ford tragedy even worse for those of us working for change.

topic - bill cosby. it hurts that he’s fallen off. while he has a good message, it gets lost in all his anger. i hope for his message’s sake, he gets it together.

when I heard the initial story about this, it really scared me. I’m not sure why, but it just really scared me. I’m glad that it’s settled, but I want to know what really happened.

Amen @ Bill.
@uptowngirl I see what you’re saying as well many times it is in the delivery, however, I rarely hear people complaining about the delivery of some of these rappers. People always complaining that Bill is “airing our dirty laundry” but I doubt as many people hear bill as hear luda or the damned 3-6 maffia. we as young black people don’t need anyone to air our dirty laundry - we do it ourselves just fine. Sometimes I listen to the way young black men describe themselves and their women on these records and I don’t know if they wrote the lyrics or some damned KKK propagandist. They have nothing positive to say about us or our futures. and anyone poised to say “it’s just entertainment” can just save it. OF COURSE it’s for entertainment - but that doesn’t matter. The world is listening. Just as closley to snoop as to Bill. When they look at you, black men, they do not see Calvin Broadus they don’t even know him! They see Snoop. a drug addict, a murderer, gang banger, heathon, a whore, and they will treat you as such as long as you allow him and those like him to be your spokes people. It doesn’t matter whether or not that’s what “snoop” set out to do.. You and I know that’s just a character he’s playing but so many do not. You don’t intend to put carbon dioxide in the air every time you take a deep breath either but shit that’s how breathing works! Since bill came out talking I’ve heard mad people like - well what has he done to help - he’s done plenty! shit ya’ll bought the cash money crew they rims and coogi - WTF have THEY done to help?

Bill Cosby = Michael Jackson = R. Kelly = Bobby Brown = Flavor Flav!

bill said:
African American News from BILL
Massachussets’s FIRST Black Governor!!

IT’S SPELLED MASSACHUSETTS!! I LIVE THERE AND TAKE OFFENSE! GEET IT STR8 BILL!!

JUST PLAYING *SIGH* I LOVE YOU BILL…

awww shyt, meatloaf!

Sad about Bill Cosby

@Bill..Oprah is sending kids to college too. There’s a woman with 10 kids here in the chicagoland area. Oprah has promised to send all them to college. I think she’s already paying for 2 of them right now.

Bill Cosby IS an Icon and speaks the truth about Blacks, but for him to settle this case smacks of guilt. If it’s true, why would a millionaire HAVE to drug anybody?? I heard Bill could get most any woman when he was real popular, so it make no sense. At this rate Black will have no one to look up to. Everybody is on the D/L.

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 11:53 am

exotic biracial butterfly said:
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bill are you a professor/teacher? i saw you mention in another post that you did a lesson on andrew young. i hope that you made a typo here and didn’t teach that andrew young was a senator from georgia. there hasn’t been an elected black senator from the south since the reconstruction - which is what makes the ford tragedy even worse for those of us working for change.

topic - bill cosby. it hurts that he’s fallen off. while he has a good message, it gets lost in all his anger. i hope for his message’s sake, he gets it together.

Bill Said:

I Think you MAY have misread my post…I posted a listed of Prominent Black OFFICIALS that have been elected…

Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and was the United States’ first African American ambassador to the United Nations.

Early life
Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a dentist and his mother a school teacher. Andrew was supposed to become a dentist, but the struggle to survive in the South, the experience in segregated and overcrowded public schools, and growing up in an integrated lower class neighborhood, developed a social conscience which led him to the Christian ministry upon graduation from Howard University in 1951.

Education
After one year at New Orleans’ Dillard University, in 1947 Young went to Howard University in Washington D.C. where he received his Bachelor of Science and pre-med degree in 1951. He had originally planned to follow his father’s career of dentistry, but then felt a religious calling. He entered the ministry and received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut in 1955.

Civil rights
Andrew Young was appointed to serve as pastor of a church in Marion, Alabama. It was there in Marion that he met Jean Childs, who was to become his wife. Also while in Marion, Young began to study the writings of Mohandas Gandhi. Young became interested in Gandhi’s concept of non-violent resistance as a tactic for social change. He encouraged African-Americans to register to vote in Alabama, and sometimes faced death threats while doing so. He became a friend and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at this time.

In 1957, Young moved to New York City to accept a job with the National Council of Churches. However as the Civil Rights Movement gained momentum, Young decided that his place was back in the South. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and again worked on drives to register black voters. In 1960, he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Young was jailed for his participation in civil rights demonstrations, both in Selma, Alabama, and St. Augustine, Florida. In 1964, Young was named executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), becoming, in that capacity, one of Dr. King’s principal lieutenants. He was with King in Memphis, Tennessee when the latter was assassinated in 1968.

Career

Congress
In 1970 Andrew Young ran as a Democrat for Congress from Georgia, but was unsuccessful. In 1972 he ran again, this time becoming Georgia’s first African American congressman since Reconstruction. He was re-elected in 1974 and 1976.

Diplomatic career
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed Young the Ambassador to the UN. His controversial statements made headlines almost from the start. However, President Carter continued to support his ambassador until 1979, when, contrary to US policy and statute, he met with a representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. When the occurrence of that meeting was revealed, Young’s public statements were perceived as evasive by Administration critics. Ultimately, Young was forced to resign.

During the 1980 presidential race there was some controversy about a statement made by Young. According to the NY Times, Oct 16, 1980. pg. B.6 “Speaking to a crowd made up almost entirely of whites, Mr. Reagan said: I believe in state’s rights. I believe in people doing as much as they can at the private level. The Republican Presidential nominee added that if elected, he would reorder priorities and restore to states and local governments the power that properly belongs to them.

Commenting on the remark at Ohio State, Mr. Young said: If he had gone to Biloxi, Miss., and talked about state’s rights, if he had gone to New Orleans, or Birmingham, Ala., I would not have gotten upset. But when you go to Philadelphia, Miss., where James Chaney, Andy Goodman and Michael Schwerner were killed - murdered - by the sheriff and the deputy sheriff and a government posse protecting state’s rights, and you go down there and start talking about state’s rights, that looks like a code word to me that it’s going to be all right to kill niggers when he’s President.’”

These remarks were denounced by the Reagan campaign and repudiated by the Carter campaign.

[edit] Atlanta mayor
In 1981, Young was elected mayor of Atlanta, succeeding Maynard Jackson. He was re-elected in 1985. As mayor, Young brought the city to national prominence by encouraging international investment, which in turn improved the Atlanta economy after it was hit hard by recession.

[edit] Private citizen
Young ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Georgia in 1990, losing in the Democratic primary runoff to future Governor Zell Miller. However, while running for the statehouse, he was simultaneously serving as co-chair of a committee which was at that time attempting to bring the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta. Though his successor, Maynard Jackson, was able to enjoy the spotlight when the announcement came that Atlanta had won the right to host the Summer Games, Young was almost certainly more instrumental in the success of the Atlanta bid.

Today, Young is co-chair of Good Works International, a consulting firm, “offering international market access and political risk analysis in key emerging markets within Africa and the Caribbean.” The company’s website also notes that “GWI principals have backgrounds in human rights and public service. The concept of enhancing the greater good is intrinsic to our business endeavors.” Nike is one of GoodWorks’ most visible corporate clients. In the late 1990s, At the height of controversy over the company’s labor practices, Young led a delegation to report on Nike operations in Vietnam. Anti-sweatshop activists derided the report as a whitewash and raised concerns that Nike was trading on Young’s background as a civil rights activist to improve Nike’s corporate image. Young is also a director of the Drum Major Institute.

In 2004, Young briefly considered running for US Senate after the incumbent, Zell Miller, announced his retirement, but decided not to re-enter public life.

In February 2006, Young accepted a position as chairman of Working Families for Wal-Mart, an astroturf organization sponsored by the corporate giant as a public response to widespread criticism that many of the company’s American employees and their children are on public assistance, that the company uses child labor, that the company discriminates against female and African-American employees, and that workers manufacturing Wal-Mart products are subject to abusive conditions and sub-poverty wages.

In an interview in 2006, a Los Angeles Sentinel correspondent asked Young whether he worried that Wal-Mart causes smaller, mom-and-pop stores to close. He replied with racist comments:

Well, I think they should; they ran the ‘mom and pop’ stores out of my neighborhood, … But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they’ve ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it’s Arabs; very few black people own these stores.

Following the widespread publication of these comments, Young announced on August 17, 2006, that he had ended his involvement with Working Families for Wal-Mart.[1]

The Benton County Daily Record of August 26, 2006 reports:

“I was giving a rational explanation of a historic phenomenon,” Young said later. He added that he had also discussed black merchants who overcharged the poor.
“The way this came out it makes me sound like I’m refuting everything I’ve done over almost 70 years, frankly,” Young said.[2]

on Thursday, November 9, 2006 @ 12:09 pm

DEO said:
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Amen @ Bill.
@uptowngirl I see what you’re saying as well many times it is in the delivery, however, I rarely hear people complaining about the delivery of some of these rappers. People always complaining that Bill is “airing our dirty laundry” but I doubt as many people hear bill as hear luda or the damned 3-6 maffia. we as young black people don’t need anyone to air our dirty laundry - we do it ourselves just fine. Sometimes I listen to the way young black men describe themselves and their women on these records and I don’t know if they wrote the lyrics or some damned KKK propagandist. They have nothing positive to say about us or our futures. and anyone poised to say “it’s just entertainment” can just save it. OF COURSE it’s for entertainment - but that doesn’t matter. The world is listening. Just as closley to snoop as to Bill. When they look at you, black men, they do not see Calvin Broadus they don’t even know him! They see Snoop. a drug addict, a murderer, gang banger, heathon, a whore, and they will treat you as such as long as you allow him and those like him to be your spokes people. It doesn’t matter whether or not that’s what “snoop” set out to do.. You and I know that’s just a character he’s playing but so many do not. You don’t intend to put carbon dioxide in the air every time you take a deep breath either but shit that’s how breathing works! Since bill came out talking I’ve heard mad people like - well what has he done to help - he’s done plenty! shit ya’ll bought the cash money crew they rims and coogi - WTF have THEY done to help?

Bill Said:

Amen Deo…
People really confuse me sometimes….
Folkes have NO PROBLEM with Snoop calling Women Bitches & Hoes..People have NO Problem Listening Jay Z commit Blasphemy by calling himself JEHOVAH…People have NO problem listening to Little Kim rap about how well she suck dick…People have NO problem Listening to Trina rap about how sweet her pussy is….

BUT if BILL COSBY speak to an College Audience and tells them that they have their values all screwed up, and they need to grow up, then people have a problem with THAT.

Man, I admire Bill Cosby & Louis Farrakhan SO MUCH !!!
They are the ONLY ONES that is tellng Young Black Youth that the need to get their act together !!

Despite my Dissapointment in Dr. Cosby, I stand behind him 100 %.

How many of YOU are sending Young Black Youth to College ????

He has a RIGHT to speak to them in the tone he chooses to…He sent so many kids to college he feels a burden to tell the truth !!

Preach on Dr. Cosby !

JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ED BRADLEY FROM CBS NEWS HAS PASSED. HE WAS A TRUE AMERICAN ICON

@bill
I agree. As for his tone, he’s probably just exasperated with the fact that as much as he does - it’s never enough. I don’t know what happened w/ the girl. As a married man he shouldn’t even have put him self in a position where those women had room to make those acusations. He may be wrong on that count - but that doesn’t change that he’s right on everything else!

@71 - yeah doesn’t it seem like we’ve lost a lot of those the past few years. people who gave america it’s identity abroad are fading away.

See karma is a bitch! He aired out black peoples weakness and it came back and bit him in his ass thats good for him. I feel that we bring each other down by talking bad about us on television, radio and etc. That’s on of the worse things to me. Your not trying to help your just hurting us. I think if your going to point out our weakness Bill you need to tell us and not the whole damn world that pisses me off. You never hear other races talk down on each other. So all i ask lets stop talking bad on us in public place and on television and radio. Your not helping your making it worse

ED BRADLEY WAS THE ONLY 65 YR OLD BLACK MAN THAT COULD WHERE AN EARRING AND STILL LOOK DISTINGUISHED. WE ALL COULD LEARN ALOT FROM THE TYPE OF PERSON HE WAS.