Black college men are constantly repositioned in higher education discourse as problems and in crises. However, there is much to be learned from Black men’s engagement in college and the meanings they make from those experiences. In this qualitative study, we use the engagement experiences of 25 Black men at an historically white campus in the U.S. in order to reveal the value of counterspaces on campus. Our findings suggest that the Sankofa Scholars program created important opportunities for these Black men to get acclimated to college, enhance their awareness and development, and resist deficit framings about them. These findings demonstrate that male success initiatives can serve as a counterspace on campus and can play a critical role in empowering Black men’s persistence in college and strengthening their resilience.

黑人大学男子不断在高等教育中被定位为问题和危机。然而，从黑人参与大学及其经验中可以学到很多东西。在这项定性研究中，我们利用25位黑人在美国历史悠久的白色校园中的交往经历，来揭示校园内对等空间的价值。我们的发现表明，“桑科法学者计划”为这些黑人创造了重要的机会，使其可以适应大学，提高他们的意识和发展并抵制关于他们的赤字框架。这些发现表明，男性成功举措可以充当校园的对立空间，并在增强黑人在大学的毅力和增强其适应能力方面发挥关键作用。