Maker Directory

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LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Scherrie Payne

Motown Singer, Songwriter

CivicMakers

Aurie Pennick

Foundation Chief Executive

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Robert Winfrey

Education Administrator, Music Composer, Music Director

CivicMakers

Mary "Betty" Brown

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Alma Powell

Civic Leader

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

CivicMakers

John J. Johnson

Association Executive

CivicMakers

Ilyasah Shabazz

Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Dee Dee Warwick

Entertainer, Singer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin King

Community Activist, State Representative

MilitaryMakers, CivicMakers

Littleton Mitchell

Association Branch Executive, Tuskegee Airman, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

CivicMakers

James H. Gilliam, Sr.

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Carl Long

Police Officer, Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

CivicMakers

The Honorable Charles Yancey

City Government Official, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Diane McCoy-Lee

Social Activist, Community Activist

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Thelma Gibson

Civic Leader, Nurse

CivicMakers

Dorothy Fields

Archivist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Byron Rushing

Museum Director, State Representative, Civil Rights Leader

MusicMakers

Simon Estes

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Sharon Gist Gilliam

City Government Official

CivicMakers

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Civil Rights Leader

MusicMakers

Odetta Gordon

Civil Rights Activist, Folk Singer, Songwriter

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lottie Watkins

Community Activist, State Representative

CivicMakers

Harry Robinson, Jr.

Curator, Museum Executive

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Elisabeth Omilami

Civil Rights Activist, Film Actress

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

MusicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Dwight Andrews

Music Director, Chaplain, Pastor

MusicMakers

Eileen Tate Cline

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Vincent Harding

Theologian, Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marc H. Morial

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Mayor

CivicMakers

Hellen O'Neal-McCray

Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers

Willie McCray

Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers

Hugh C. Burroughs

Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

John Moore

Civic Leader

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

CivicMakers

David Holliman

Corporate Executive, Civic Leader