Jelani Cobb
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Raised in Queens as the youngest of four children of Southern migrants, he learned to write under his father’s guidance, attended Jamaica High School, spent seven years earning a degree at Howard University, and completed a PhD in American history at Rutgers under David Levering Lewis. Early professional work began with the short-lived periodical One, followed by contributions to the Washington Ci…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
