Jelani Cobb
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 21, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- 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
Marvel's Luke Cage
13th
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Lincoln's Dilemma
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
McCarthy
Lies, Politics and Democracy
Heightened Scrutiny
The Riot Report
Filmography
Heightened Scrutiny
Movie · as Self
One Person, One Vote?
Movie · as Self
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
TV · as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School · 1 ep
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Movie · as Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy
Movie · as Self - Reporter
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
Movie · as Self
America After 9/11
Movie · as Himself
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Policing the Police 2020
Movie · as Self
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Movie · as Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
McCarthy
Movie · as Self
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV · as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope · 2 eps
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Movie · as Self - Columbia University
13th
Movie · as Self
Policing the Police
Movie
Marvel's Luke Cage
TV · as Jelani Cobb · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
Movie · as Self
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Frontline
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Meet the Press
TV · as Self · 1 ep