Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

EntertainmentMakers

Reuben Cannon

Film Casting Director, Television Producer, Film Producer

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

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

Eddie Thomas

Music Promoter

MusicMakers

Marshall Thompson

Drummer, Singer

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable William Sylvester White

Juvenile Court Judge, Military Officer

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

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

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

MusicMakers

Eldee Young

Bassist

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MusicMakers

Geraldine Moore

Drummer

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

EntertainmentMakers

Kim Fields

Television Actress, Television Director, Actress

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

MilitaryMakers

Joseph Gomer

Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

MusicMakers

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Curator, Music Composer, History Professor

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

MusicMakers

Paul Douglas Freeman

Orchestra Conductor

MusicMakers

Kahil El'Zabar

Jazz Percussionist

MusicMakers

Morris Butch Stewart

Music Producer, Songwriter

MusicMakers

Donald "Duck" Porter

Singer, Doowop Singer

EntertainmentMakers

William Greaves

Documentary Filmmaker, Stage Actor, Film Director

MusicMakers

Jean Carne

Singer

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

MusicMakers

Keter Betts

Bassist

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Harry B. Johnson

Lieutenant Colonel