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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-08-21 (55 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

Acting

2025

Heightened Scrutiny as Self

2024

One Person, One Vote? as Self

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates as Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School

2022

Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union as Self

Lies, Politics and Democracy as Self - Reporter

2021

Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America as Self

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self

2020

Policing the Police 2020 as Self

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story as Self

Frontline: America's Great Divide as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Self - Interviewee

McCarthy as Self

2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America as Self - Columbia University

2016

13th as Self

Policing the Police

Marvel's Luke Cage as Jelani Cobb

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self

2010

White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books as Self

1996

The Daily Show as Self

1983

Frontline as Self

Production

2023

The Riot Report as Co-Producer

2022

Lincoln's Dilemma as Executive Producer

2021

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks as Executive Producer

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Executive Producer

Writing

2023

The Riot Report as Writer

2020

Policing the Police 2020 as Writer