Past Festivals

  
 1st  - 1983 
Baltimore, MD
Mary Carter Smith, Director
Linda Goss, Co-Director 

Philadelphia, PA
Linda Goss, Director,
Mary Carter Smith, Co-Director 

 3rd -  1985 
Washington, DC
Maxine Legail,Director

       
 4th - 1986 
Chicago, IL
Amina Dickerson, Director

 5th  - 1987 
Berea, KY
Andrew Baskin, Director

 6th - 1988  
Oakland, CA
Diane Ferlatte, Co-Director
Ayana L. Porter, Co-Director 

 7th - 1989 
Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Mary Umolu, Director 

 8th - 1990 
New Orleans, LA
Ahmas, Zubolton, Director 

 9th - 1991 
Horry and Georgetown
Counties, SC
Beulah Priest White, Director
Eleanora E. Tate, Co-Director 

 10th - 1992 
Baltimore, MD
Elva Edwards, Director
Alvis Ransom, Co-Director
Jamal Koram, Coordinator

 11th - 1993 
Milwaukee, WI
Tejumola Ologboni, Director
Munirah Bakari, Co-Director

12th - 1994 
Kansas City,MO
Tracy Milsap, Director
Edward Anderson, Co-Director 
Gena Bardwell, Co-Director 

13th - 1995 
Detroit, MI
Vivian Butler, Director

14th - 1996  
Philadelphia, PA
Charlotte Blake Alston, Director
Frances Aulston, Co-Director
Caroliese Frink Reed, Co-Director

 18th - 2000 
Rochester, NY
Bunjo Butler, Director
David "Sankofa" Anderson, 
     Co-Director 

 19th - 2001
Richmond,VA
Cheryl"Sparkle"Mosley, Director 

 20th  - 2002 
Baltimore, MD
Linda J. Brown, Director

 21st - 2003 
Providence, RI
Barbara Eady, Director
Valerie Tutson, Co-Director 

 22nd - 2004 
New Orleans, LA
Bunjo Butler, Director
Vanora F. Legaux, Co- Director 

 23rd  -  2005
Tampa, Fl
Valerie Tutson, Director 

24th -  2006 
San Deigo, CA
Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosely, Director
Annjennette McFarlin, Co-Director 

25th - 2007 
Atlanta, GA
Vanora F. Legaux, Director
Akbar Imhotep, Co-Director 

26th - 2008 

Cincinnati, OH
Vanora F. Legaux, Director

 29th - 2011 
Atlanta, GA
Dr. MaryAnn Harris, Director 

 30th  - 2012 
Baltimore, MD
Dylan Pritchett, Director
Janice Curtis Greene, Co- Director

 31st - 2013 
Hampton, VA
Dylan Pritchett, Director

 32nd - 2014
Chicago, IL
Dylan Pritchett, Director
Linda Gorham, Local Director

 
 33rd - 2015 
Washington, DC Metro
Dylan Pritchett, Director

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34th-2016
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Caroliese Reed, Director
TAHIRA, Local Director

35th-2017
Wichita,KS
Dr. Caroliese Reed Director
Melody M Miller Local Director

   36th-2018

Cary, NC                                       
Dr. Caroliese Reed Director
Beverly Burnette Local Director

 40th -2022
Dylan Pritchett Director

        37th-2019

Montgomery, AL

Dr Caroliese Reed Director

   41^St-2023   Salt Lake City, Utah
         Dylan Pritchett Director

        38th-2020
             Virtual
    Dylan Pritchett Director

          39th-2021
Dylan Pritchett Director