Brother Blue Circle of Elders
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if you are not here to change the world
if you just want to get rich
you can laugh all the way to the bank
me
i'm better off here in the street
with my honor
with my sacred calling
- Brother Blue The Portrait Series
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NABS Circle of Elders was conceptualized by our ancestor, Hugh "Brother Blue" Morgan. Brother Blue is an icon. He was an internationally renown storyteller who is deemed the "Father of American Storytelling." His storytelling was transformative from streets, to prisons, to enclaves at the United Nations. Dr. Hugh "Brother Blue" Morgan was a professor of philosophy and pastor at Harvard Divinity School. He was the endearing spouse of Dr. Ruth Hill. You can often hear storytellers use the term "blueism," to identify a Brother Blue teaching, expression, or way of life. The Circle of elders was initiated in 1997 to recognize the contributions and honor the presence of Elders in the Storytelling Community. In 2013, NABS re-named the perennial presentation the Brother Blue Circle of Elders Award.
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AWARDEES
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1997
David Anderson, PhD
1998
Alma Greer
Onawumi Jean Moss
Anita Timbers (ancestor)
Thelma Shelton Robinson
2001
Elaine Ford Gregory
Thelma Shelton Robinson
2002
Amy Davis Jackson
2003
Carol Sayers Puryear (ancestor)
Fellisco Keeling
2004
Johnny Bellamy
Genevieve Bellamy
2005
Velma Gladney
Vanora Franklin Legaux
2006
Mattie Clark (ancestor)
2007
Eleanor Randall Anderson
Andrea Fain
June McAbee
Deacon Alfred Mitchell
Kathryn L. Morgan (ancestor)
Joan Stevenson
2008
Dr. Joyce Duncun (ancestor)
Gwendolyn Hilary
Gloria Kellon
Gomez W. Payne (ancestor)
Thelma T. Ruffin Thomas
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2010 2017
Ernestine Brown Baba Tony Brown
Barbara Freeman Eady Beverly Cottman
Adella Gautier(ancestor) Ruthie McIntyre (ancestor)
Baba Jamal Koram Sylvia Yancy Davis
Mildred P. Stennis (ancestor) Amy Johnson
Nothando Zulu Thomas Saxon Southern
Vusumuzi Zulu
2011 2018
Yvonne Harris Charlotte Blake Alston
Victoria Smith Roxanne Erickson
Eleanora Tate Kay L Merrill
Elisha Minter
Gwendolyn Napier
John "Kinderman" Taylor posthumously
2012 2019
Mama Edie Armstrong Janice Bishop
Charlie Brown Sandra Williams-Bush
Kucha Brownlee Gloria Elder
Kooki Davis Wanda Gigetts
Lyn Ford Janice Curtis Greene
Akbar Imhotep Irma Gardner-Hammond
James McAbee Cheryl Sparkle Mosley
Edna Ruff Pat Mardia Stepney
Yawa Tupra
2013 2020
Sharon Jordan Holley Robert and Jocelyn Dabney
Oluremi Ann Oliver Charlotte Starks
Tejumola Ologboni
Caroliese Frink Reed 2021
2014 Nashid Elimu Furaha-Ali
Ruth Brown Anderson Paris W. Greene
Sylvia Brown ( ancestor) Candece Tarpley
Deborah Pierce-Fakunle Diane Williams
Linda Gorham Ivory Williams
Eslyn Hinmon
Gwen Marable
2015
Alice Butler Collins
Esther Culver
Clarence Mollock
Eunice White
2016
Karima Amin
Jackkia Boyd
Jennie Crittendon
Rosa Ashby Metoyer
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