um ▁and ▁Spe ar ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁Currently ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁senior ▁anal yst ▁at ▁all A frica . com ▁and ▁a ▁visit ing ▁professor ▁at ▁Brown ▁University . ▁ ▁Biography ▁▁ ▁C obb ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Maryland , ▁DC , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Spring field , ▁Massachusetts . ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁polit ically ▁active . ▁His ▁great ▁grand father ▁founded ▁a ▁far ming ▁community ▁in ▁Mississippi ▁called ▁New ▁Africa ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁In ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁C obb ▁started ▁studies ▁at ▁Howard ▁University ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Mov ement . ▁After ▁following ▁and ▁reading ▁about ▁the ▁sit - in ▁demonstr ations , ▁C obb ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁protest ▁against ▁seg reg ation ▁in ▁Ann apolis , ▁Maryland , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁in ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁D elta ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁field ▁secretary ▁for ▁the ▁Student ▁Non vi ol ent ▁Co ordin ating ▁Committee ▁( SN CC ). ▁ ▁His ▁work ▁and ▁activ ism ▁as ▁SN CC ▁field ▁secretary ▁last ed ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁He ▁mainly ▁worked ▁in ▁Washington , ▁Iss aqu ena , ▁and ▁Sun flow er ▁count ies ▁in ▁Mississippi . ▁While ▁in ▁Mississippi , ▁C obb ▁wrote ▁a ▁proposal