The Index formerly appeared under the titles Index to Periodical Articles by and about Blacks, Index to Periodical Articles by and about Negroes, and Index to Selected Periodicals by and about Negroes, with G.K. Hall assuming editorial responsibility circa 1984. The 1997 incarnation spans some 2,000 citations of articles in 34 black American journals of scholarly and general interest with authors, subjects, titles, and cross-references interfiled into a single alphabetical listing. A sampling of periodicals (addresses provided) representing the range of black experience and issues includes: About Time, Black Issues in Higher Education, Black Scholar, Ebony, Journal of Black Studies, Muslim Journal, and Research in African Literatures. The first entry is Judith Abala; the final one is Opportune Zongo. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.