Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

State Attorney General, State Comptroller, U.S. Senator

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

EducationMakers

Lois Martin

Civic Activist, High School Math Teacher, Community Leader

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carrie P. Meek

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

EducationMakers

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Social Work Professor

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter