Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eugene Sawyer

City Alderman, Mayor

ArtMakers

Useni Eugene Perkins

Poet, Foundation Chief Executive, Writer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

Doris Topsy-Elvord

City Council Member

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilson Frost

City Council Member

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

ArtMakers

Thomas Miller

Graphic Designer, Painter

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

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

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Woodie King, Jr.

Stage Director, Theater Director

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sanford Bishop, Jr.

U.S. Congressman, Politician

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

ArtMakers

Geoffrey Holder

Dancer, Film Actor, Stage Director, Painter

ArtMakers

Paul D. Goodnight

Painter

ArtMakers

Curtis "Kojo" Morrow

Jewelry Artist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

PoliticalMakers, MediaMakers

Ofield Dukes

Public Relations Chief Executive, Political Consultant

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Arthur Fletcher

Federal Government Appointee, Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Joan Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Dancer, Arts Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Jefferson

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

ArtMakers

Paul Jones

Civic Leader, Art Collector

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

PoliticalMakers

Bob Nash

Presidential Appointee