At all levels of education, deficit models and negative narratives about Black men prevail. For many Black men, negative messages, associated feelings of isolation, and inherent racism perpetrated by faculty, students, and administrators contributed to their long-term experience of racial microaggressions throughout their educational journeys, including faculty careers. This study explores how Black men in early career faculty roles have navigated the academia in this study. Interviews seven early career faculty reaffirm the well-documented difficulties associated with racism, marginalization, and solitude in the academy. Their counternarratives demonstrate the systemic racism in Black men's socialization experiences as early career faculty. Recommendations are made to improve the inclusiveness, responsiveness, and transformative nature of academic environments for Black men serving as early career faculty.