Joseph C. Phillips

Fall 2010

Phillips is a television actor, best known for the role of Lt. Martin Kendall, Lisa Bonet’s husband, on the hit series The Cosby Show. He has appeared on dozens of television shows, including General Hospital, Without A Trace, and Castle. A syndicated columnist, Phillips’ “The Way I See It” appears weekly in more than 30 publications across the country. Phillips is author of He Talk Like a White Boy. He has been National Co-Chair of the African American Steering committee for Bush/Cheney ’04, a member of the Republican National Committee’s African American Advisory Board, and a 2005 Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow.

Discussion Group Topic
Black Conservatism in America


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