Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Ronald Daly

Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Calvin Darden

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Darwin N. Davis, Sr.

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

ArtMakers

Carmen De Lavallade

Choreographer, Actress, Dancer

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

Willie D. Davis

Football Player, Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

BusinessMakers

James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Administrative Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Walter Douglas

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Cullen L. Dubose

Construction Executive

BusinessMakers

Herbert DeCosta, Jr.

Architect, Construction Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Eugene H. Dibble, III

Investment Banker, City Commissioner

BusinessMakers

Alma Dodd

Insurance Executive

BusinessMakers

Louis Dodd

Insurance Executive

StyleMakers, BusinessMakers

Norma Jean Darden

Restaurateur, Model, Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers, BusinessMakers

Lloyd Dean

Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

André De Shields

Stage Actor, Stage Director, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Clinton Turner Davis

Theater Director, Stage Producer

BusinessMakers

Charla L. Draper

Home Economist

ArtMakers

Edwidge Danticat

Author

BusinessMakers

Arnold Donald

Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

Antonio Dickey

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Robert C. Davidson, Jr.

Entrepreneur

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

Benjamin F. Davis, Jr.

Football Player, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Valerie Daniels-Carter

Food Service Executive

BusinessMakers

Willie A. Deese

Corporate Executive