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What Our Roots Reveal: A Conversation with Dr. Jarvis McInnis

Special coverage from the 84th Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) in Montgomery, Alabama.

What can our agricultural roots reveal about the future we’re growing?

Join host Jazzie Jones and co-host Tahani Young of Ladies of the Hive™ – She Hoe. I Smoke. We Farm.™ as we welcome our special guest, Dr. Jarvis C. McInnis, associate professor of English and African & African American Studies at Duke University.

In this conversation, we explore his book, Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South, and the connections between Black agricultural history, Tuskegee’s legacy, education, and community life.

Through his research and insights, we reflect on the knowledge carried across generations and how understanding that history can inform the work of farmers, beekeepers, educators, and communities today. We also consider why gatherings like PAWC remain important places for sharing knowledge, building relationships, and cultivating opportunities.

This conversation connects with the purpose of ROOTED HERstory™: Researching History while Honoring HERstory™.

Explore our guest’s work:

Website: https://www.jarvismcinnis.com/

Book through Columbia University Press: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/afterlives-of-the-plantation/9780231215756/

Book through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0231215754/

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