Maker Directory

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EducationMakers

Samuel DuBois Cook

Political Science Professor, University President

EducationMakers

Georgia Dickens

Elementary School Teacher

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Diahann Carroll

Film Actress, Singer

CivicMakers, MusicMakers

Rickey Payton, Sr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Fred Cash

Singer

MusicMakers

Willie Kitchens

Gospel Musician, Music Director, Singer

MusicMakers

Samuel Gooden

Singer

EducationMakers

Juliet Dobbs Blackburn-Beamon

Educator

EducationMakers

Peyton Williams, Jr.

State Education Administrator

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

MusicMakers

Wayne Baker Brooks

Blues Musician

MusicMakers

Ronnie Baker Brooks

Blues Musician

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Scherrie Payne

Motown Singer, Songwriter

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Robert Winfrey

Education Administrator, Music Composer, Music Director

EducationMakers

Troy Duster

Sociology Professor

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Dee Dee Warwick

Entertainer, Singer

EducationMakers, BusinessMakers

David A. Thomas

Business Professor, Economist, College President

EducationMakers

Maxine Duster

High School Teacher

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

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Manning Marable

Academic Administrator, African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Narvie Harris

Elementary School Teacher

MusicMakers

Simon Estes

Opera Singer

MusicMakers

Odetta Gordon

Civil Rights Activist, Folk Singer, Songwriter

EducationMakers

Beverly Daniel Tatum

College President, Psychology Professor

EducationMakers, LawMakers, ArtMakers

Robert C. Johnson, Jr.

Playwright, Africana Studies Professor, Lawyer

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

MusicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Dwight Andrews

Music Director, Chaplain, Pastor

MusicMakers

Eileen Tate Cline

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.

Cultural Anthropology Professor

EducationMakers

Charles Henry

African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

Marie Louise Greenwood

Elementary School Teacher

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

BusinessMakers, EducationMakers

Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.

Economist, Academic Administrator, University President

EducationMakers

Louis Rabb

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Eric "Ricky" McKinnie

Drummer, Singer

EducationMakers

Delores P. Aldridge

African American Studies Professor

MusicMakers

Julian White

Music Director