Jared Ball

Jared A. Ball 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 2008 [United States presidential election|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.

Education and career

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, I Mix What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto and co-editor of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X, a critique of Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. He has also been known for his work on Pacifica Radio, Black Agenda Report and iMiXWHATiLiKE.ORG.