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