Complex-ED: The Secret Relationship Between the Music and Prison Industries.

A film by Real Talk Media featuring Professor Jared Ball

AlJazeeraEnglish: Malcolm X: Who was the Man Behind the Legend?

from AlJazeeraEnglish

Malcolm X: Who was the Man Behind the Legend? 

Until now: With the publication of a warts and all biography that disturbs the widely accepted story of the Muslim leader's life, including controversial insights to his political contradictions and sexual deviations. Some critics have condemned the book as a twisted biography, others say it is a timely reassessment of African-American history.

On Monday's Riz Khan, we are joined by the book's leading researcher, Zaheer Ali, by Jared Ball, a professor of communication studies at Morgan State University, and by journalist and historian Todd Burroughs.

Samuel Yette and The Choice: Black Survival in the United States

Samuel Yette and The Choice: Black Survival in the United States
by Jared Ball

Sam Yette chose to speak and write as a Black man and a professional, thus making himself no longer employable at Newsweek magazine during the Black Freedom Movement. In his book, Yette concluded that “black Americans are obsolete people.” It is up to Black people to refuse to accept America’s verdict – and dare to make our own verdict on America.

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