Jelani Cobb
Known for Acting
Born August 21, 1969
Place of Birth 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
13th
2016
as Self
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021
Executive Producer
McCarthy
2020
as Self
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020
as Self
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
as Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
as Self - Interviewee
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Columbia University
America After 9/11
2021
as Himself
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White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books
2010
as Self
One Person, One Vote?
2024
as Self
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
as Self - Reporter
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Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America
2021
as Self
Policing the Police 2020
2020
as Self
Policing the Police 2020
2020
Writer
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
as Self
Policing the Police
2016
The Riot Report
2023
Writer
The Riot Report
2023
Co-Producer