Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

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

MediaMakers

Bill Campbell

Television Host

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

MediaMakers

Barbara Boyd

Television Reporter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

MediaMakers

Lee Bailey

Radio Personality, Broadcast Executive

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

MediaMakers

Herb Kent

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Hermene Hartman

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

MediaMakers

Barry A. Mayo

Broadcast Entrepreneur, Radio Program Director

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

MediaMakers

Russ Ewing

Television Reporter

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

MediaMakers

Thomas Fleming

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Newspaper Editor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner