2026 Griot Awards
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🔥 The 2026 Griot Awards is bringing an unforgettable night of art, history, music, literature, and culture to Mobile on Thursday, November 12, at the USA Alumni Center’s McGhee Grand Ballroom.
🏆 Celebrate internationally renowned Mobile artist Charles
Smith
📚 Experience a powerful keynote from Dr. Clint Smith, New
York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed
🎤 Hear a special conversation featuring Dr. Smith, Cynthia
Tucker & Frye Gaillard
🎶 Enjoy music by the incomparable Dennis “Finer Roll” Nelson
🗣️ Experience a powerful Spoken Word Performance by
Huggy Bear da Poet Mobile's 2026-2027 Poet Laureate
🔥 The 2026 Griot Awards is bringing an unforgettable night of art, history, music, literature, and culture to Mobile on Thursday, November 12, at the USA Alumni Center’s McGhee Grand Ballroom.
🏆 Celebrate internationally renowned Mobile artist Charles
Smith
📚 Experience a powerful keynote from Dr. Clint Smith, New
York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed
🎤 Hear a special conversation featuring Dr. Smith, Cynthia
Tucker & Frye Gaillard
🎶 Enjoy music by the incomparable Dennis “Finer Roll” Nelson
🗣️ Experience a powerful Spoken Word Performance by
Huggy Bear da Poet Mobile's 2026-2027 Poet Laureate
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Where is it happening?
MacQueen Alumni Center at the University of South Alabama, 100 Alumni Dr,Mobile,AL,United States
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Host or PublisherDora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail of Mobile
