Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

CivicMakers

Fredi Sears Brown

Museum Chief Executive, Cultural Heritage Collector, Museum Founder

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

CivicMakers

Evangeline Hall

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

CivicMakers

Peggy Montes

Museum Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers

Laura Murphy

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Enid C. Pinkney

Community Activist

ArtMakers

Ronne Hartfield

Curator, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Patricia Hill

Community Activist, Police Officer

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Iola McGowan

City Government Appointee, Political Party Executive

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Juanita Passmore

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Frances T. Matlock

Elementary School Teacher, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Reverend Addie Wyatt

Labor Leader, Pastor

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Tillman

Civil Rights Activist, City Alderman

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

CivicMakers

Jacquelyne D. Grimshaw

Association Executive

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

ArtMakers

Jackie Taylor

Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

CivicMakers

Marion McElroy

Diversity Specialist

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

CivicMakers

Iva Carruthers

Sociologist

CivicMakers

Dorothy Runner

Civic Volunteer

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Audrey Grevious

Civil Rights Activist, High School Teacher, Association Executive

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

CivicMakers

Dale Clinton

Community Activist, Community Resource Specialist

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker