Dr. Jarvis McInnis, Amplifying Black Voices in Environmental Literature and Media

At the African American Legacy in Gardening and Horticulture Symposium, a day of exploring aspects of African American connections to land history and healing, Dr. Jarvis McInnis (English) challenged the notion that Black communities are disconnected from nature. Using the framework of his newest book Afterlife of the Plantation, he emphasized how stories and landscapes serve as bridges between past and present and how literary traditions have captured Black ecological thought. Read more here.