Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
What is the enduring legacy of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute? Especially as seen by Black thinkers like Zora Neale Hurston, Marcus Garvey, George Washington Carver, and others? According to Dr. Jarvis C. Mcinnis, the foundation that Booker T. Washington laid at Tuskegee provided the bedrock for radical Black worldmaking through their agrarian practices, despite Washington being a problematic figure himself. “Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South” was the subject of our recent Faculty Bookwatch here at FHI! And there was no shortage of the outpouring of love and support that Dr. McInnis received from fellow scholars. Watch the FULL VIDEO on our YouTube channel! #blackhistory #blackexcellence
What is the enduring legacy of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute? Especially as seen by Black thinkers like Zora Neale Hurston, Marcus Garvey, George Washington Carver, and others? According to Dr. Jarvis C. Mcinnis, the foundation that Booker T. Washington laid at Tuskegee provided the bedrock for radical Black worldmaking through their agrarian practices, despite Washington being a problematic figure himself. “Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South” was the subject of our recent Faculty Bookwatch here at FHI! And there was no shortage of the outpouring of love and support that Dr. McInnis received from fellow scholars. Watch the FULL VIDEO on our YouTube channel! #blackhistory #blackexcellence
