Jelani Cobb

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

21

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

  • The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

    The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

  • Marvel's Luke Cage

    Marvel's Luke Cage

  • America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

    America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

  • Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

    Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America

  • What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

    What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

  • Lies, Politics and Democracy

    Lies, Politics and Democracy

  • 13th

    13th

  • East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

  • Heightened Scrutiny

    Heightened Scrutiny

  • Policing the Police 2020

    Policing the Police 2020

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

    White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • McCarthy

    McCarthy

  • Policing the Police

    Policing the Police

  • Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

    Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

  • America After 9/11

    America After 9/11

  • One Person, One Vote?

    One Person, One Vote?