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.
🎬 Movies (16)
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
Self
One Person, One Vote?
2024
Self
The Riot Report
2023
Co-Producer
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
Self - Reporter
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
2021
Self
America After 9/11
2021
Himself
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021
Executive Producer
Policing the Police 2020
2020
Self
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020
Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
Self - Interviewee
McCarthy
2020
Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
Self - Columbia University
13th
2016
Self
Policing the Police
2016
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
2010
Self
📺 TV Shows (8)
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022
Executive Producer
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
Self
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
Jelani Cobb
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self
The Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
Frontline
1983
Self