Maker Directory

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EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

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

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

EducationMakers

Lois Martin

Civic Activist, High School Math Teacher, Community Leader

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

EducationMakers

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Social Work Professor

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

ArtMakers

Ronne Hartfield

Curator, Arts Administrator

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

EducationMakers

Barbara Bowman

Education Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

ArtMakers

Jackie Taylor

Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

EducationMakers

Josie Johnson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

EducationMakers

Rebecca "Becky" Love

Elementary School Teacher, Yoga Instructor

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

EducationMakers

Barbara A. Sizemore

Academic Administrator, School Superintendent, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Zerrie D. Campbell

College President

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

EducationMakers

Nelvia M. Brady

Academic Administrator, Education Administrator

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

EducationMakers

Miriam DeCosta-Willis

Civil Rights Activist, Foreign Languages Professor, Educator

ArtMakers

Joan Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Dancer, Arts Administrator

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

EducationMakers

Sandra Johnson

Education Consultant, Special Education Administrator