Jelani Cobb
- Born
- August 21, 1969 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
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 · 7 credits
- 2025Heightened Scrutiny · Self (Self)
- 2024One Person, One Vote? · Actor
- 2022Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union · Self (Self)
- 201613th · Self (Self - Professor of African-American Studies, University of Connecticut)
- 2010White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books · Self (Self)
- 2006Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes · Self (Self)
- —Garner: The Breath that Breathed a Movement · Self (Self)