Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

MusicMakers

Regina Harris Baiocchi

Music Composer

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

SportsMakers

Jerry Harkness

Basketball Player

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

SportsMakers

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe

Baseball Player

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

SportsMakers

Bobby Robinson

Baseball Player

MusicMakers

Eddie Thomas

Music Promoter

MusicMakers

Marshall Thompson

Drummer, Singer

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

SportsMakers

Minnie Minoso

Baseball Player

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

SportsMakers

Alvin Spearman

Baseball Player

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

SportsMakers

Robert Pickens

Football Player, Wrestler

SportsMakers

Willye B. White

Long Jumper

MusicMakers

Eldee Young

Bassist

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MusicMakers

Geraldine Moore

Drummer

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

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

MusicMakers

Jean Carne

Singer

MusicMakers

Keter Betts

Bassist