{"title":"William Cobb","description":"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 BlackVoices. 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.","products":[{"product_id":"the-devil-and-dave-chappelle-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching collection of essays that takes on the subjects of Biggie Smalls, Three 6 Mafia, The King Family, and what it takes to be black at the turn of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376678895839,"sku":"9781560259770","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KEarASvFai9781560259770.webp?v=1789221673"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/william-cobb.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}