Brother Blue Circle of Elders

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 (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
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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