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Oral history with Dr. Art Cosby; 4-13-2012
No full textOral history; interview with Dr. Art Cosby, conducted April 13, 2012, at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Cosby was born in 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, and first came to the MSU campus as a student in 1966. He received his PhD in Sociology from Mississippi State in 1969. From 1981 to 1987, Cosby was head of MSU\u27s Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, as well as the Thomas L. Bailey Professor. He became the director of the Social Science Research Institute in 1985, and continues that directorship as of 2012. From 1991 to 1993, he was the director of University Centers and Institutes, and in 2006, he was the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor. As of 2012, his research focuses on different approaches to investigating the social climate for improving the health and well-being in America. Cosby has also held faculty positions at Louisiana State University and Texas A&M University. In this interview, he fondly remembers his graduate studies in the Lloyd-Ricks building during the 60s and the interesting mix of people who worked in the building during that time. He discusses how the building and the people there played an important role in his life both professionally and personally, and the link between the building and the Social Science Research Center
S. A. Cosby, 45th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textS. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player
S. A. Cosby, 46th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textS. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers All the Sinners Bleed, Razorblade Tears, and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player
Correspondence Between R. M. Cosby and Mrs. Hope, April 20, 1936
No full textCorrespondence Between R. M. Cosby and Mrs. Hope regarding a note on graduating exercises of Citizenship School. 1 page.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generosity of the Digital Public Library of America for supporting in part the digitization of this collection as part of the Black Women's Suffrage Digital Collection, a project made possible through funding from Pivotal Ventures, A Melinda Gates Company
Politics & Other Mistakes piece on Carolyn Cosby, the leader of Concerned Main
No full textPolitics & Other Mistakes piece on Carolyn Cosby, the leader of Concerned Maine Families, the group spearheading the state\u27s anti-gay rights movement. Cosby, while running for Portland City Council in 1992, campaigned against state mandates, but now says that the state should be able to pass a law overturning the city\u27s gay-rights ordinance. With a piece on Sam Patten, Republican gubernatorial candidate Susan M. Collins\u27 deputy press secretary, who last month wrote a column about satanic activity in Lincolnville
Computational studies of electron transport in nanodevices : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)
No full textThis thesis project is the culmination of three years of research in Condensed Matter Physics, under the guidance of Dr. Cosby, with the support of an Honors Undergraduate Fellowship. The thesis project is a portfolio of presentations on the research, and a guide to a future research assistant in this area. The project includes a brief overview of the theory used to describe electron transport through nanometer-scale systems, as well as extensive descriptions of the computer programs used to calculate conductance, and a brief journal outlining the progress of this research and this researcher over the past three years.Thesis (B.A.)Honors Colleg
Bill Cosby, Maynard Jackson, and Sidney Poitier, circa 1975
No full textMaynard Jackson with Bill Cosby (left) and Sidney Poitier (right) while in Atlanta to film "Let's Do It Again", circa 1975. While maintaining the common touch, Jackson benefitted from the support of some star entertainers over the years
By His Excellency William Cosby, captain general and governour in chief of the provinces New-York, New-Jersey ... A proclamation. Whereas by the contrivance of some evil disposed and disaffected persons, divers journals or printed news papers (entitled, The New-York weekly journal ...) have been caused to be printed and published by John Peter Zenger ... I have thought fit ... to issue this proclamation, hereby promising a reward of fifty pounds to such person or persons who shall discover the author or authors of the said ... journals or printed news-papers ... Given under my hand and seal at Fort-George in New-York this sixth day of November ... in the year of our Lord 1734.
No full text1 sheet ([1] p.)Signed: W. Cosby. By His Excellency's command, Fred. Morris, d. cl. Conc. God save the King.Royal arms at head of title.Ascribed to the press of William Bradford by Evans
Bill Cosby, the Lustful Disposition Exception, and the Doctrine of Chances
No full textOn December 30, 2015, an affidavit of probable cause alleged that William H. Cosby, Jr., Ed.D., a comedian whose storied career spanned decades, committed aggravated indecent sexual assault upon Andrea Constand. For decades, women have been coming forward claiming to have been the victims of Cosby’s unwanted sexual advances, most of them claiming that Cosby drugged them and took advantage of them when they were in an unconscious state. Despite the number of accusers over decades, thus far only one criminal count has been announced. At this point, it appears that the statute of limitation would preclude an indictment charging any criminal acts against the other alleged victims.
That does not mean that we have heard the last of the other accusers. Even though evidence of a defendant’s bad character is “not admissible for the purpose of proving the person acted in conformity therewith,” common sense would dictate that a trier of fact should hear from the other victims who claim Cosby similarly assaulted them.
What are the odds that one man could be falsely accused by fifty women? A few courts have asked exactly this question using something called the doctrine of chances, a rule that expressly considers the likelihood that the defendant is innocent of the present offense in light of what we know about his past. Rather than conducting such an analysis, however, a number of courts tend to merely admit all prior sexual misconduct under what is known as the lustful disposition exception.
Prior sexual misconduct, however, is no more likely than other types of bad acts to predict future misconduct. Because courts more readily admit prior acts to predict future conduct when the acts are of a sexual nature, it seems likely that Cosby’s other accusers will be allowed to testify. The result in this case seems correct, but the logic is certainly questionable
"Rich is When Your Money Works for You" - Teaching the Cost of Middle Class Life in The Cosby Show
No full textThis thesis takes the educational mission of the popular American situation comedy The Cosby Show (1984-1992) as a starting point and focuses on one particular aspect in which both the members of the show’s Huxtable family and the audience are educated: the cost of middle class life. The thesis examines selected episodes representative of the cost of middle class life, and studies the teaching relationships and financial lessons that come forward in these episodes. Together, these lessons reveal the ideology propagated in the show, and this thesis studies how this ideology is conveyed to the audience and how it fits American ideologies. Humour and didacticism continuously work together to both appeal to and manipulate the viewers. What can be concluded is that The Cosby Show’s financial lessons and the ideology created accordingly are very much in line with white middle class ideology, while black radical ideology is completely disregarded in the show. The Cosby Show encourages the audience to strive for the American middle class dream (in other words, financial success and upward mobility) and suggests that acting white, even though you are black, is a prerequisite for achieving that dream.
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