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
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 Ruthie McIntyre
Baba Jamal Koram Sylvia Yancy Davis
Mildred P. Stennis Amy Johnson
Nothando Zulu Thomas Saxon Southern
Vusumuzi Zulu
2011
Yvonne Harris
Victoria Smith
Eleanora Tate
2012
Mama Edie Armstrong
Charlie Brown
Kucha Brownlee
Kooki Davis
Lyn Ford
Akbar Imhotep
James McAbee
Edna Ruff
Yawa Tupra
2013
Sharon Jordan Holley
Oluremi Ann Oliver
Tejumola Ologboni
Caroliese Frink Reed
2014
Ruth Brown Anderson
Sylvia Brown
Deborah Pierce-Fakunle
Linda Gorham
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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