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Jelani Cobb

Acting · Born 1969-08-21 · 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.

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Filmography

2025Heightened ScrutinySelf
2024What's Next? The Future with Bill GatesSelf - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
2024One Person, One Vote?Self
2023The Riot ReportCo-Producer
2022Lies, Politics and DemocracySelf - Reporter
2022Lincoln's DilemmaExecutive Producer
2022Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect UnionSelf
2021America After 9/11Himself
2021Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionSelf
2021Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed AmericaSelf
2021A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksExecutive Producer
2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenSelf - Interviewee
2020Policing the Police 2020Self
2020East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing StorySelf
2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf - Author, The Substance of Hope
2020McCarthySelf
2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Columbia University
201613thSelf
2016Marvel's Luke CageJelani Cobb
2016Policing the Police
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2010White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic BooksSelf
1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
1983FrontlineSelf

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