The Griot - Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc.
The Griot - Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc. solicits articles relative to any disciplinary perspective in the humanities, which further enhances knowledge of the African Diaspora (i.e., African, African American, Caribbean) experience. Poetry and book reviews will also be published. The Griot, the organ of the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc., is published in the Woolfolk Digital Preservation Lab, the Division of Social Sciences, at Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas.
Volume 43, Number 1 (2026) THE GRIOT 43:1 (WINTER 2026)
Editor's Pen
Ronald E. Goodwin
Ode for an Empath
Reginald Bess
Historically Black, Immensely Beautiful
Leonard A. Slade, Jr.
I Could Not Sleep
Leonard A. Slade, Jr.
Holiday Prayer Poem
Leonard A. Slade, Jr.
To Jasmine
Leonard A. Slade, Jr.
“The World is Yours”: BlackPlanet.com and the Black Birth of the Social Media Age
Malachi D. Crawford, W. Denae Muhammad Murphy, and Bequita Pegram
Health and Transportation Equity Issues in Rural Areas of the Texas Megaregion
Gwendolyn C. Goodwin
The Suppression of the Opelousas Massacre of 1868: the Blackleg Hunt or “La Chasse A’ La Jambe Noire”
August Malveaux
Disrupting Power Dynamics in the Archives: The Digital PV Panther Project, Gatekeeping, and the Texas Black Cooperative Extension & Home Demonstration Collection
T. DeWayne Moore and Evelyn Todd
Revisiting Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Performance Accomplishments in PWI and HBCU Students: A Sign of Persistence
Britine Perkins, Douglas M. Butler, and Jerrel Moore
Book Reviews
Mea Boykins, Kimberly F. Monroe, Denzel Oliver, and Latif A. Tarik