Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable William H. Murphy, Sr.

Civic Leader, State Court Judge

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Beny J. Primm

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Physician

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Lloyd Richards

Academic Administrator, Stage Actor, Theater Director

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ArtMakers

Ausbra Ford

Sculptor, Art Professor

ArtMakers

Okoro Harold Johnson

Playwright, Stage Actor, Theater Director

CivicMakers

Frank Lumpkin

Labor Leader, Steelworker

ArtMakers

Allen Stringfellow

Collage Artist, Watercolor Artist

CivicMakers

Edward "Buzz" Palmer

Community Leader

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Lutrelle "Lu" F. Palmer, II

Community Activist, Newspaper Reporter

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Bishop William L. Sheals

City Government Official, Pastor

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable R. Eugene Pincham

Civil Rights Activist, County Circuit Court Judge, State Appellate Court Judge, Trial Lawyer

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Charles Hayes

Labor Leader, U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Fred Rice, Jr.

Police Superintendent

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

CivicMakers

C. Vincent Bakeman

Nonprofit Chief Executive