Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Walter Clark

Banker, Financial Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frank Clark

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Julie Hunter

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Retail Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

BusinessMakers

Eric Johnson

Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

BusinessMakers

William Hudgins

Banker, Bank Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

EducationMakers

Lois Martin

Civic Activist, High School Math Teacher, Community Leader

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Richmond McCoy

Private Equity Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Lester McKeever

Accountant

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

EducationMakers

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Social Work Professor

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman