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Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb

Born: 1969-08-21 • Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography
Heightened Scrutiny poster
Heightened Scrutiny
2025 • Self
One Person, One Vote? poster
One Person, One Vote?
2024 • Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy poster
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022 • Self - Reporter
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union poster
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022 • Self
America After 9/11 poster
America After 9/11
2021 • Himself
No Image
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
2021 • Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden poster
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020 • Self - Interviewee
Policing the Police 2020 poster
Policing the Police 2020
2020 • Self
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story poster
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020 • Self
McCarthy poster
McCarthy
2020 • Self
No Image
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019 • Self - Columbia University
13th poster
13th
2016 • Self
Policing the Police poster
Policing the Police
2016
No Image
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
2010 • Self