Jelani Cobb
Acting • Born 1969-08-21
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.
Filmography
21 credits
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Movie • 2022
Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy
Movie • 2022
Self - Reporter
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
Movie • 2010
Self
Policing the Police 2020
Movie • 2020
Self
13th
Movie • 2016
Self
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
Movie • 2020
Self
Policing the Police
Movie • 2016
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie • 2020
Self - Interviewee
One Person, One Vote?
Movie • 2024
Self
Heightened Scrutiny
Movie • 2025
Self
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
Movie • 2021
Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Movie • 2019
Self - Columbia University
McCarthy
Movie • 2020
Self
America After 9/11
Movie • 2021
Himself
Marvel's Luke Cage
TV • 2016
Jelani Cobb
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
TV • 2021
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Frontline
TV • 1983
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
TV • 2024
Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV • 2020
Self - Author, The Substance of Hope