Jared A. Ball (born 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a professor of
communication studies at
Morgan State University
Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known a ...
in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
, United States. Additionally, he is an author, radio host and mixtape radio producer. In
the 2008 presidential election, Ball sought the nomination of the
Green Party of the United States
The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy, grassroot ...
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 University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the Flagship un ...
, the
Cornell Africana Studies and Research Center at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
and
Frostburg State University
Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland. The university is the only four-year institution of the University System of Maryland west of the Baltimore-Washington passageway in the state's Appalachian highlan ...
. Ball is the author of ''The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), ''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
William Manning Marable (May 13, 1950 – April 1, 2011) was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University.Grimes, William"Manning Marable, Historian and Social Critic, Dies at 60" ''The Ne ...
's ''
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention''. He has also been known for his work on
Pacifica Radio, Black Agenda Report and iMiXWHATiLiKE.ORG.
References
External links
Ball's faculty pageat Morgan State University
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1971 births
21st-century American politicians
Activists for African-American civil rights
African-American academics
African-American non-fiction writers
American non-fiction writers
African-American candidates for President of the United States
American radio hosts
Cornell University alumni
Frostburg State University alumni
Living people
Maryland Greens
Morgan State University faculty
Candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
21st-century African-American politicians
20th-century African-American people