Past Festivals
Click on Photo to Enlarge Artifacts supplied by Heritage & Archives Committee
1st - 1983 Baltimore, MD Mary Carter Smith, Director Linda Goss, Co-Director
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2nd - 1984
Philadelphia, PA Linda Goss, Director, Mary Carter Smith, Co-Director
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3rd - 1985 Washington, DC Maxine Legail,Director
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4th - 1986 Chicago, IL Amina Dickerson, Director
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![alt](/assets/1986coverthumbnail.jpg) 5th - 1987 Berea, KY Andrew Baskin, Director
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6th - 1988 Oakland, CA Diane Ferlatte, Co-Director Ayana L. Porter, Co-Director
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7th - 1989 Brooklyn, NY Dr. Mary Umolu, Director
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![alt](/assets/1990coverthumbnail.jpg) 8th - 1990 New Orleans, LA Ahmas, Zubolton, Director
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![alt](/assets/1991coverthumbnail.jpg) 9th - 1991 Horry and Georgetown Counties, SC Beulah Priest White, Director Eleanora E. Tate, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/1992coverthumbnail.jpg) 10th - 1992 Baltimore, MD Elva Edwards, Director Alvis Ransom, Co-Director Jamal Koram, Coordinator
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![alt](/assets/1993coverthumbnail.jpg) 11th - 1993 Milwaukee, WI Tejumola Ologboni, Director Munirah Bakari, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/1994coverthumbnail.jpg) 12th - 1994 Kansas City,MO Tracy Milsap, Director Edward Anderson, Co-Director Gena Bardwell, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/1995coverthumbnail.jpg) 13th - 1995 Detroit, MI Vivian Butler, Director
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![alt](/assets/1996coverthumbnail.jpg) 14th - 1996 Philadelphia, PA Charlotte Blake Alston, Director Frances Aulston, Co-Director Caroliese Frink Reed, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/1997coverthumbnail.jpg) 15th - 1997 Cleveland, OH Linda Brown, Director |
![alt](/assets/1998coverthumbnail.jpg) 16th - 1998 Orlando, FL Caroliese Frink Reed, Director Bill Grimmette, Co-Director |
![alt](/assets/1999coverthumbnail.jpg) 17th - 1999 Winston-Salem, NC John Stepney, Director Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosley, Co-Director |
![alt](/assets/2000coverthumbnail.jpg) 18th - 2000 Rochester, NY Bunjo Butler, Director David "Sankofa" Anderson, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/2001coverthumbnail.jpg) 19th - 2001 Richmond,VA Cheryl"Sparkle"Mosley, Director
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20th - 2002 Baltimore, MD Linda J. Brown, Director
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![alt](/assets/2003coverthumbnail.jpg) 21st - 2003 Providence, RI Barbara Eady, Director Valerie Tutson, Co-Director
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22nd - 2004 New Orleans, LA Bunjo Butler, Director Vanora F. Legaux, Co- Director
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![alt](/assets/2005coverthumbnail.jpg) 23rd - 2005 Tampa, Fl Valerie Tutson, Director
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24th - 2006 San Deigo, CA Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosely, Director Annjennette McFarlin, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/2007coverthumbnail.jpg) 25th - 2007 Atlanta, GA Vanora F. Legaux, Director Akbar Imhotep, Co-Director
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![alt](/assets/2008coverthumbnail.jpg) 26th - 2008
Cincinnati, OH Vanora F. Legaux, Director
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![alt](/assets/2009coverthumbnail.jpg) 27th - 2009 Little Rock, AR Dylan Pritchett, Director
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![alt](/assets/2010coverthumbnail.jpg) 28th - 2010 Minneapolis, MN Dylan Pritchett, Director |
![alt](/assets/2011coverthumbnail.jpg) 29th - 2011 Atlanta, GA Dr. MaryAnn Harris, Director
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30th - 2012 Baltimore, MD Dylan Pritchett, Director Janice Curtis Greene, Co- Director
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![alt](/assets/souvenir journal 2013 thumb.jpg) 31st - 2013 Hampton, VA Dylan Pritchett, Director
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32nd - 2014 Chicago, IL Dylan Pritchett, Director Linda Gorham, Local Director
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![](/assets/33nabsflier2015.jpg) 33rd - 2015 Washington, DC Metro Dylan Pritchett, Director
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- 34th-2016 Philadelphia, PA Dr. Caroliese Reed, Director TAHIRA, Local Director
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35th-2017 Wichita,KS Dr. Caroliese Reed Director Melody M Miller Local Director
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36th-2018
Cary, NC Dr. Caroliese Reed Director Beverly Burnette Local Director
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40th -2022 Dylan Pritchett Director
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37th-2019
Montgomery, AL
Dr Caroliese Reed Director
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41St-2023 Salt Lake City, Utah Dylan Pritchett Director
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38th-2020 Virtual Dylan Pritchett Director
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39th-2021 Dylan Pritchett Director
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