Jelani Cobb
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 21, 1969 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.
Known For
| 2025 | Heightened ScrutinySelf | |
| 2024 | One Person, One Vote?Self | |
| 2024 | What's Next? The Future with Bill GatesSelf - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School | |
| 2022 | Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect UnionSelf | |
| 2022 | Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Reporter | |
| 2021 | Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed AmericaSelf | |
| 2021 | America After 9/11Himself | |
| 2021 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionSelf | |
| 2020 | Policing the Police 2020Self | |
| 2020 | East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing StorySelf | |
| 2020 | The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenSelf - Interviewee | |
| 2020 | McCarthySelf | |
| 2020 | America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf - Author, The Substance of Hope | |
| 2019 | Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Columbia University | |
| 2016 | 13thSelf | |
| 2016 | Policing the Police | |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke CageJelani Cobb | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf | |
| 2010 | White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic BooksSelf | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1983 | FrontlineSelf |
| 2023 | The Riot ReportCo-Producer | |
| 2022 | Lincoln's DilemmaExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionExecutive Producer |
| 2023 | The Riot ReportWriter | |
| 2020 | Policing the Police 2020Writer |