Cobb, William Jelani

William Jelani Cobb, PhD, is an assistant professor of history at Spelman College, as well as a critic, essayist, and fiction writer whose writings on politics, the African Diaspora, and contemporary African American culture have appeared in a number of national outlets. His column "Past Imperfect" appears regularly on AOL Black Voices. He is editor of The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader, which was a Notable Book of the Year by Black Issues Book Review. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence, Emerge, The Progressive, The Washington City Paper. One Magazine, and Alternet.org....