- Born
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Jelani Cobb was born on August 21, 1969 in New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Frontline (1983), Luke Cage (2016) and American Experience (1988).
- ChildrenAiesha
- ParentsMary Bester CobbWillie Lee Cobb
- Has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015.
- Received the 2015 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism.
- Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.
- Authored the book "The Substance of Hope, Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress".
- Son of Willie Lee Cobb, and Mary Bester Cobb.
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