- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 21, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jelani Cobb
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
movieHeightened Scrutiny
2025 · Self
tvWhat's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024 · Self - Dean and Professor of Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
movieOne Person, One Vote?
2024 · Self
movieThe Riot Report
2023 · Co-Producer, Writer
movieLies, Politics and Democracy
2022 · Self - Reporter
tvLincoln's Dilemma
2022 · Executive Producer
moviePreserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022 · Self
movieAmerica After 9/11
2021 · Himself
tvObama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · Self, Executive Producer
Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
movieFight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
2021 · Self
movieA Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021 · Executive Producer
movieThe Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020 · Self - Interviewee
moviePolicing the Police 2020
2020 · Self, Writer
movieEast Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020 · Self
tvAmerica's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020 · Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
movieMcCarthy
2020 · Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
movieHenry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019 · Self - Columbia University
movie13th
2016 · Self
tvMarvel's Luke Cage
2016 · Jelani Cobb
moviePolicing the Police
2016
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
movieWhite Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
2010 · Self
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
tvFrontline
1983 · Self