Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

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

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Fredi Sears Brown

Museum Chief Executive, Cultural Heritage Collector, Museum Founder

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Evangeline Hall

Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Lois Martin

Civic Activist, High School Math Teacher, Community Leader

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carrie P. Meek

U.S. Congresswoman

CivicMakers

Peggy Montes

Museum Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Social Work Professor

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carol Moseley Braun

U.S. Senator

CivicMakers

Laura Murphy

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable William H. Murphy, Sr.

Civic Leader, State Court Judge