Phylicia Rashad is an American actress. She is dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University and best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. She also played Ruth Lucas on Cosby (1996–2000).
Rashad in 1998
Marquee for the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in 2008
Rashad at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for The Heart Truth Foundation
Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
University namesake and founder, Oliver Otis Howard
Howard University School of Law is one of the oldest law schools in the United States.
Interdisciplinary Research Building
The Freedman's Column