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Jelani Cobb
Also Known As: William Jelani Cobb
Birth Date
August 21, 1969
(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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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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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015 • 1 episode
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996 • 2 episodes
Meet the Press
Self
1947 • 1 episode
Frontline
Self
1983 • 2 episodes
Marvel's Luke Cage
Jelani Cobb
2016 • 1 episode
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
2024 • 1 episode
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
2020 • 2 episodes
13th
Self
2016
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Self
2021 • 3 episodes
Heightened Scrutiny
Self
2025
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Self - Columbia University
2019
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Self - Interviewee
2020
McCarthy
Self
2020
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
Self
2010
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Self
2020
One Person, One Vote?
Self
2024
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Self
2022
America After 9/11
Himself
2021
Policing the Police 2020
Self
2020
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
Self
2021