Jelani Cobb
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Jelani Cobb

Aug 21, 1969 - Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Movie2022Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect UnionSelf
Movie2022Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Reporter
Movie2010White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic BooksSelf
Movie2020Policing the Police 2020Self
Movie201613thSelf
Movie2020East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing StorySelf
Movie2016Policing the Police
Movie2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenSelf - Interviewee
Movie2024One Person, One Vote?Self
Movie2025Heightened ScrutinySelf
Movie2021Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed AmericaSelf
Movie2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Columbia University
Movie2020McCarthySelf
TV Show2016Marvel's Luke CageJelani Cobb1
TV Show2021Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionSelf3
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf2
TV Show1983FrontlineSelf2
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2024What's Next? The Future with Bill GatesSelf - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School1
TV Show2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf - Author, The Substance of Hope2

Crew

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Movie2021A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2023The Riot ReportCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2020Policing the Police 2020WriterWriting
Movie2023The Riot ReportWriterWriting
TV Show2021Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022Lincoln's DilemmaExecutive ProducerProduction