Originally published with Propaganda In Focus I decenter these duly noted, juridically mediated, and scholastically authorized sources of evidence, focussing instead on “discredited,” “inadmissible,” and “untrustworthy” modes of knowledge, analysis and narration. I construct my argument by thinking and theorizing with Black rebels, both living and dead. – Orisanmi Burton, Tip of the Spear: Black…
Read more“Please Let Me Testify!” Maryland Faculty Collective Bargaining Hearings
Oral Testimony Submitted to the Maryland Senate Finance Committee By [Jared Ball, Dr.] SB 247 State Personnel – Collective Bargaining – Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, and Graduate Assistants February 16, 2023 FAVORABLE Greetings to those gathered. My name is Jared Ball and I am currently a tenured full professor at Morgan State University where I have…
Read moreBroadcaster & Scholar Dr. Jared Ball Named Among 10 Casey 2022 Freedom Scholars
*Originally published by The Black World Media Network (BWMN)—Dr. Jared Ball, an increasingly important activist in Black radical and Pan-Africanist circles, has been named a 2022 Freedom Scholar, one of ten selected this year. The prize—a one-time, no-strings payment of $250,000, awarded individually to all ten scholars—has been presented to renowned scholars such as Robin…
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Cryptoganda rebrands the elaborate conspiracy of Black capitalism and is meant to negate attempts by Black people to achieve genuine political power. Jared Ball Originally published in Propaganda In Focus INTRO: HELLO, MY NAME IS … SHADY For the better part of the last century, particularly since the end of the second World War and…
Read moreMore than step shows: Meet Jared Ball, the Morgan State professor debunking HBCU myths
If you attended a historically Black college or university, you’ve heard it all before. HBCU students spend their refund checks on Jordan’s, crab legs and haircuts. Non-Black students only go to HBCUs for the free tuition. HBCU presidents routinely run budget deficits by making bad financial decisions. HBCU alumni refuse to give back to their…
Read moreBook Review: Words Covered In Ivy, Not Yet In Blood
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oz87K9l3y2s Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening. New York/London: The New Press, 238 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Todd Steven Burroughs LEAVE IT TO A continental African to ironically describe his idyllic university days in the context of the blood and betrayal of the most barbaric of European colonialism and…
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