Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

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

CivicMakers

Fredi Sears Brown

Museum Chief Executive, Cultural Heritage Collector, Museum Founder

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

MusicMakers

Regina Harris Baiocchi

Music Composer

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

CivicMakers

Evangeline Hall

Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Peggy Montes

Museum Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

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

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Laura Murphy

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable William H. Murphy, Sr.

Civic Leader, State Court Judge

CivicMakers

Enid C. Pinkney

Community Activist

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Beny J. Primm

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Physician

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

MusicMakers

Eddie Thomas

Music Promoter

MusicMakers

Marshall Thompson

Drummer, Singer

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable William Sylvester White

Juvenile Court Judge, Military Officer

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

CivicMakers

Patricia Hill

Community Activist, Police Officer

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Frank Lumpkin

Labor Leader, Steelworker