Jelani Cobb

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

20

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-08-21 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Jelani Cobb

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Frontline

    Frontline

  • Marvel's Luke Cage

    Marvel's Luke Cage

  • Lies, Politics and Democracy

    Lies, Politics and Democracy

  • What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

    What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

    America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

  • East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

  • The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

    The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

  • One Person, One Vote?

    One Person, One Vote?

  • 13th

    13th

  • McCarthy

    McCarthy

  • Heightened Scrutiny

    Heightened Scrutiny

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books

    White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books

  • Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

    Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

  • Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

    Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

  • Policing the Police 2020

    Policing the Police 2020

  • Policing the Police

    Policing the Police