Ebony Cover Art Fans the Cosby Flames

November issue layers shattered glass over an iconic shot of The Cosby Show cast.

There have been many issues of Ebony over the years featuring Bill Cosby on the cover: on his own, with his real-life family and alongside his NBC-TV castmates. But never has an Ebony Cosby cover looked like this.

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The 3,000-word article that goes with this November issue cover, “Cosby vs. Cliff,” is not online yet. Only a brief excerpt from the Goldie Taylor piece has been published. And on Twitter today, Taylor made it clear that the piece is not about the current accusations.

However, in the face of the very immediate and divided social media reaction to the teased cover image, Taylor, a columnist with The Daily Beast, posted some additional thoughts Thursday night.

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