Jelani Cobb, author portrait
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Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb is the current Dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalim. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, author of several books including The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress and To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic. He is the editor/co-editor on multiple volumes including The Matter of Black Lives and The Essential Kerner Commission Report. Dr. Cobb is the producer/co-producer on documentaries including THE RIOT REPORT. He received the Peabody Award in 2020 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. Dr. Cobb currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Journalism Project and the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library.
Three or More Is a Riot

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Three or More Is a Riot

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Wed Oct 15 | 06:30 PM
Center for Brooklyn History in conversation with Salamishah Tillet
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Google Map

Thu Oct 16 | 07:30 PM
City Arts and Lectures in conversation with john a. powell
275 Hayes St
San Francisco, CA 94102
Google Map

Tue Nov 04 | 07:00 PM
Enoch Pratt Free Library in conversation with Vann Newkirk
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Google Map

Fri Nov 07 | 07:00 PM
Politics & Prose
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
Google Map

Tue Nov 18 | 07:00 PM
Black Pearl Books in conversation with Dr Kathleen McElroy
7112 Burnet Rd.
Austin, TX 78757
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