Jarvis C. McInnis

Exciting news! My book is available for PRE-ORDER! You can receive 30% off when you order directly from @ColumbiaUP using the discount code CUP30 (link below). Official release date is May 13, 2025. For now, check out the cover and blurbs from scholars I deeply respect & admire!

The USDA says it has "sufficiently" addressed its history of discrimination. As a result, it is dropping the label "socially disadvantaged," which includes Black farmers, and will no longer consider race or sex in its decision making on programs. NEW: capitalbnews.org/usda-ends-dei-…

- y’all have got to know that I’m grinning from ear to ear! favorite show of all time.

- this episode is about to tear me up.

Thank you Dr. @dem8z! Ever grateful for your encouraging words along the way & your pioneering example always. And how delightful to see AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION in such excellent company w/ dear @pdouglassphd’s important new offering! Hope you enjoy both appetizers & meals😁

my latest episode for @NewBooksNetwork is live! i had the pleasure of speaking with dr. ahmad greene-hayes (@DrAhmadGH) about his book “underworld work: black atlantic religion making in jim crow new orleans (u of chicago press, 2025) 📚⛪️🌊 👇🏾🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2JC1E4…

Looking South for the Roots of the Harlem Renaissance: @ProfMcInnis Examines “Afterlives of the Plantation” | @DukeTrinity trinity.duke.edu/news/looking-s…

The Department of History at Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in African American History in the Long Nineteenth Century (1783-1917) to begin August 1, 2026. apply.interfolio.com/170432

Another sighting of my new book, AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, in the wild! This time in San Francisco at @CityLightsBooks. A beautiful sight to behold! @ColumbiaUP 🙌🏾🎉🙏🏾👏🏾

Zora Neale Hurston’s Last Home Saved From Disrepair, To Be Preserved By Florida Foundation blackenterprise.com/zora-neale-hur…

So much of our suffering comes from fighting reality. We cling to how things should be, how people should act, how life should unfold. But peace lives in the space where you meet life exactly as it is. Not by giving up, but by letting go of resistance.

Are there any upcoming trail rides in Mississippi or Arkansas? I'm looking for organizations, or people, who have hosted these events for at least five years or more.

Someone recently asked: “Why [aren’t] Mississippians in particular no longer passing on farming knowledge?” My response: They are, and here are some of the Black farmers who are training up the next generation in the Mississippi Delta. MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/black-farmers-…

This is the excited face of a first-time author seeing my new book, AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, in “the wild” for the first time! And in the wonderful company of Imani Perry’s “Black in Blues,” no less! Thank you @PassCBooks! 🙏🏾

CFP: Haitian Feminism(s): Theoretical & Practical Contours | Global Black Thought | Guest Editors: Drs. Sabine Lamour, Célia Romulus, and Grace Sanders Johnson | Extended Deadline: August 30, 2025 aaihs.org/call-for-paper…

Talking about June Jordan’s thought on her birthday during the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Wednesday plenary at 1:30 pm.

Loyola Marymount University’s Dept of AfAmStudies seeks a dedicated teacher-scholar with demonstrated or the potential of teaching excellence for 2025-2026. The position is for one-year and has a 3-3 course teaching load for the academic year. lmu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/…