Jelani Cobb
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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
Credits
Heightened Scrutiny (2025)
as Self
13th (2016)
as Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America (2019)
as Self - Columbia University
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story (2020)
as Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020)
as Self - Interviewee
McCarthy (2020)
as Self
One Person, One Vote? (2024)
as Self
Policing the Police 2020 (2020)
as Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy (2022)
as Self - Reporter
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America (2021)
as Self
America After 9/11 (2021)
as Himself
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union (2022)
as Self
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books (2010)
as Self
Policing the Police (2016)
Actor