Jelani Cobb
- Acting
- August 21, 1969 · 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
Filmography
- Heightened Scrutiny · Self
- What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates · Self
- One Person, One Vote? · Self
- The Riot Report · Co-producer, Writer
- Lies, Politics and Democracy · Self
- Lincoln's Dilemma · Executive producer
- Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union · Self
- America After 9/11 · Self
- Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union · Self, Executive producer
- Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America · Self
- A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks · Executive producer
- The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden · Self
- Policing the Police 2020 · Self, Writer
- East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story · Self
- America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump · Self
- McCarthy · Self
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America · Self
- 13th · Self
- Marvel's Luke Cage · Jelani Cobb
- Policing the Police
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- Frontline · Self
- Meet the Press · Self