William Jelani Cobb appears in the following:
A History of Paranoia
Monday, November 27, 2017
After Bannon
Monday, August 28, 2017
Is White Supremacist Dylann Roof's Death Sentence Morally Correct?
Friday, February 17, 2017
Transforming the Newark Police Department
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
In Newark, A Fight to Police the Police
Monday, June 27, 2016
Obama Goes To College
Monday, May 16, 2016
Library Awards Finalists
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Jelani Cobb on the Closing of Jamaica High
Friday, January 08, 2016
Katrina's Lesson on Race
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Taking Down the Flag
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Is This a Tipping Point for Racial Justice or Just a Moment?
Friday, December 12, 2014
Protesters in St. Louis Face Generational Divide
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
'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.
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.
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.
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.