Jared Ball

Jared A. Ball (born 1971) 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.

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 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 2nd Ed. 2023), ''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.