Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

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

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Reverend Vernon Dobson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Thelma Daley

Social Activist, School Counselor, Foundation Executive, Education Chief Executive, Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Angela Davis

Civil Rights Activist, History Professor

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

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

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

Civic Leader, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Lillian Dickerson

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Herbert D. Daughtry

Social Activist, Pastor, Civic Activist, Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers

Patricia Stephens Due

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Clinton E. Dye, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Carmen De Lavallade

Choreographer, Actress, Dancer

CivicMakers

James Dumpson

Social Worker

CivicMakers

Joe Dickson

Civil Rights Activist, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

CivicMakers

Hattie B. Dorsey

Civil Rights Activist, Community Development Executive, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Aaron Dixon

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Carolyn Armenta Davis

Community Leader, Curator

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Lewis E. Dodley

Motivational Speaker, Youth Advocate

CivicMakers

Edwin Dorn

Presidential Appointee, Public Policy Professor, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers

Reverend Marcia Dyson

Civic Activist, Public Relations Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

André De Shields

Stage Actor, Stage Director, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Clinton Turner Davis

Theater Director, Stage Producer

CivicMakers

Derek R. B. Douglas

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Michelle Duster

Cultural Heritage Educator

ArtMakers

Edwidge Danticat

Author

ArtMakers

Antonio Dickey

Photographer

CivicMakers

Jessica "FM Supreme" Disu

Community Activist, Poet