William Jelani Cobb

About the Author

William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., a History Professor at Rutgers University, is former Associate Professor of History at Spelman College in Atlanta, and is a contributing writer for Essence magazine. His essays and reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, The Progressive, Alternet.org, and other publications. He has been a featured commentator on National Public Radio, and is the author of To The Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic and The Devil & Dave Chappelle and Other Essays.