Jared Ball
Jared Ball | |
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 Ball in 2019 | |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland at College Park(Ph.D.) Cornell University(MA) Frostburg State University(BS) |
| Known for | Media Studies, Africana Studies, The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power |
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| Fields | Colonialism, Mass Media, Hip Hop Education, African American Studies |
| Institutions | Morgan State University |
Jared A. Ball (born September 28, 1971)[1] is an American academic and political activist. He is a professor of communication studies and Africana / Black Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Ball is also host of the podcast “iMiXWHATiLiKE!” and a co-founder of Black Power Media. In the 2008 presidential election, Ball sought the nomination of the Green Party of the United States before eventually dropping out and endorsing Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.[2]
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Ball is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park, the Cornell Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University and Frostburg State University. Ball is the author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 2nd Ed. 2023), I Mix What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto[3] and co-editor of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X,[4] a critique of Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.[5] He has also been known for his work on Pacifica Radio, Black Agenda Report and iMiXWHATiLiKE.ORG.[1]
References
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- ^ "Attempted ivory tower assassination of Malcolm X: an interview with Jared Ball, editor of 'A Lie of Re-Invention'" San Francisco Bayview: National Black Newspaper (2012): https://sfbayview.com/2012/attempted-ivory-tower-assassination-of-malcolm-x-an-interview-wit-jared-ball-editor-of-a-lie-of-re-invention/
External links
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- [dead link]Ball's faculty page Archived July 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine at Morgan State University
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Activists for African-American civil rights
- Civil rights activists from Maryland
- 21st-century African-American academics
- 21st-century American academics
- African-American non-fiction writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- African-American candidates for President of the United States
- American radio hosts
- Cornell University alumni
- Frostburg State University alumni
- Maryland Greens
- Morgan State University faculty
- Candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- 20th-century African-American academics
- 20th-century American academics