2 Quotes & Sayings By Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb is a senior writer at The New Yorker, and the author of three books: The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress (2016), The Proud Family: Father and Daughter Reunite After 50 Years, One Big Happy Family (2017), and We Want the Airwaves!: How the FCC Is Undermining Black Media. He is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program for nonfiction writers, as well as the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a PhD in race and ethnic studies. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.