Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Mary "Betty" Brown

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Alma Powell

Civic Leader

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Roscoe Lee Browne

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor

CivicMakers

John J. Johnson

Association Executive

CivicMakers

Ilyasah Shabazz

Civil Rights Leader

ArtMakers

Bebe Moore Campbell

Fiction Writer

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Robert Hooks

Stage Producer, Actor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin King

Community Activist, State Representative

MilitaryMakers, CivicMakers

Littleton Mitchell

Association Branch Executive, Tuskegee Airman, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

CivicMakers

James H. Gilliam, Sr.

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

James Hiram Malone

Cartoonist, Graphic Designer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

ArtMakers

Lynn Nottage

Playwright

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Carl Long

Police Officer, Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

CivicMakers

The Honorable Charles Yancey

City Government Official, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Stephanie Hughley

Arts Administrator, Producer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Amalia Amaki

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers

Diane McCoy-Lee

Social Activist, Community Activist

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Thelma Gibson

Civic Leader, Nurse

CivicMakers

Dorothy Fields

Archivist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Byron Rushing

Museum Director, State Representative, Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Sharon Gist Gilliam

City Government Official

CivicMakers

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Civil Rights Leader

ArtMakers

Peg Alston

Art Gallery Owner

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lottie Watkins

Community Activist, State Representative

CivicMakers

Harry Robinson, Jr.

Curator, Museum Executive

EducationMakers, LawMakers, ArtMakers

Robert C. Johnson, Jr.

Playwright, Africana Studies Professor, Lawyer

ArtMakers, StyleMakers

James Guilford

Painter, Barber

ArtMakers

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Artistic Director, Dancer

ArtMakers

Jim Alexander

Photographer

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

ArtMakers

Melvin Van Peebles

Actor, Film Director, Fiction Writer, Playwright, Writer

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Elisabeth Omilami

Civil Rights Activist, Film Actress

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Vincent Harding

Theologian, Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marc H. Morial

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Mayor

CivicMakers

Hellen O'Neal-McCray

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Marjorie Witt Johnson

Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Willie McCray

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Harry J. Lennix

Stage Actor, Film Actor

ArtMakers

Stanley Nelson

Film Producer, Documentary Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Hugh C. Burroughs

Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

John Moore

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Micki Grant

Actress, Lyricist, Songwriter