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Michael Eric Dyson talked about his book, Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, published by Basic Civitas Books, 2005. The book challenged critical comments comedian Bill Cosby made about lower-income black Americans at a NAACP dinner celebrating Brown v. Board of Educa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: C-SPAN2 (Television network)
Other Authors: Dyson, Michael Eric, Dickerson, Debra J., 1959-
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Washington, D.C. : C-SPAN Archives ; National Cable Satellite Corp., [2005]
Subjects:
Dyson, Michael Eric > Interviews.
Dyson, Michael Eric. > Is Bill Cosby right?
Cosby, Bill, > 1937- > Political and social views.
Authors, American > 20th century > Interviews.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
African American families.
Middle class > United States.
Conflict of generations > United States.
Intergenerational relations > United States.
Social values > United States.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-
Interviews.
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Summary:Michael Eric Dyson talked about his book, Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, published by Basic Civitas Books, 2005. The book challenged critical comments comedian Bill Cosby made about lower-income black Americans at a NAACP dinner celebrating Brown v. Board of Education in April 2004. He was interviewed by journalist Debra Dickerson and talked about minority issues, the state of the black community, and other issues.
Item Description:Issued as videodisc.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (approximately 58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.