William Jelani Cobb

William Jelani Cobb appears in the following:

A History of Paranoia

Monday, November 27, 2017

In "A History of Paranoia," Jelani Cobb writes about the new politics of race.

After Bannon

Monday, August 28, 2017

Jelani Cobb writes that some saw Steve Bannon’s blend of nationalism and racial grievance as the ballast in Trump’s ship. But will Bannon’s banishment change anything?

Is White Supremacist Dylann Roof's Death Sentence Morally Correct?

Friday, February 17, 2017

New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb on his recent article “Prodigy of Hate” (Online title: "Inside the Trial of Dylann Roof") about the federal trial of Dylann Roof in South Carolina.

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Transforming the Newark Police Department

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

A new Frontline documentary investigates the Newark Police Department, its troubled relationship with the people of Newark and mayor Ras Baraka’s reform efforts.

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In Newark, A Fight to Police the Police

Monday, June 27, 2016

FRONTLINE is releasing a new documentary, "Policing the Police," which looks inside one of the most controversial police departments in the country.

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Obama Goes To College

Monday, May 16, 2016

Listeners who were in the crowd at Rutgers University for yesterday's commencement address by President Obama call in to talk about what stuck with them.

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Library Awards Finalists

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Meet some of the finalists in this year's New York City Library Awards!

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Jelani Cobb on the Closing of Jamaica High

Friday, January 08, 2016

Jelani Cobb, a staff writer who graduated from Jamaica High in 1987, visits his alma mater and speaks with a recent alum to see how things went so wrong at the once prestigious school.

Katrina's Lesson on Race

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The New Yorker's Jelani Cobb pushes back on the idea that the crisis following Hurricane Katrina ten years ago said something new about race and disaster response.

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Taking Down the Flag

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Jelani Cobb, a contributor to The New Yorker, and New York Times' Jonathan Martin explain bipartisan effort to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina's statehouse grounds.

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Is This a Tipping Point for Racial Justice or Just a Moment?

Friday, December 12, 2014

Jelani Cobb discusses whether we're at a tipping point for racial justice.

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Protesters in St. Louis Face Generational Divide

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Older generations of protesters are clashing with younger demonstrators in Ferguson and St. Louis—each group has a different vision of how to bring about change.

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'Municipal Shock & Awe' in Ferguson

Thursday, August 14, 2014

"It's hard to understand what threat justified this," said New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb. He was at the protests last night and said that police fired rubber bullets and fired flash grenades during the protests.

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What The Zimmerman Trial Teaches Us About Race, Fear, and Violence

Friday, July 12, 2013

As the trial of George Zimmerman comes to a close, the Brian Lehrer Show convenes a conversation about what the trial is saying - or not saying - about race in America.

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Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress

Monday, September 06, 2010

Historian William Jelani Cobb looks at the 2008 election of Barack Obama—who won the Democratic nomination even though old-line civil rights leaders—Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, Andrew Young—all openly supported Hillary Clinton. In The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress, Cobb examines America's changing political and social landscape, and a new generation of voters with priorities not shaped by the legacy of Jim Crow.

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Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress

Monday, July 19, 2010

Historian William Jelani Cobb looks at the 2008 election of Barack Obama—who won the Democratic nomination even though old-line civil rights leaders—Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, Andrew Young—all openly supported Hillary Clinton. In The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress, Cobb examines America's changing political and social landscape, and a new generation of voters with priorities not shaped by the legacy of Jim Crow.

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The Future of Black Colleges

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

William Jelani Cobb, associate professor of history at Spelman College, contributing writer for Essence Magazine, and the author of The Devil & Dave Chappelle, talks about the future of all-black colleges.

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The "Mess" at BET

Friday, July 27, 2007

William Jelani Cobb, associate professor of history at Spelman College, contributing writer for Essence Magazine and the author of The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays (Avalon, 2007) and Cora Daniels, journalist and the author of Ghetto Nation: A Journey into the Land of Bling and the Home of ...

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