Mary Carter Smith is now an Ancestor

On April 24, 2007, Mary Carter Smith made her transition.  Mother Mary, as she is affectionately known, was a visionary, poet, teacher, Historian, chronicler of the values and principles of the people.  She is revered nationwide for reviving and promoting storytelling as an art form, as a teaching method, and as a form of communication.

She was a teacher in the Baltimore City Public School system for thirty-one years and volunteered her services hosting a Saturday morning radio program, “Griot for the Young and the Young at Heart,” for twenty-five years.  In 1983 Mother Mary was named the official Griot of Baltimore City and, in 1991, was named the official Griot of Maryland. Read More

Soliloquy to Mothre Griot by Beverly Burnette

Tribute by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Tribute from Keepers of the Culture

Tribute by Mitch Capel