Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Freda Payne

Stage Actress, Singer

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

SportsMakers

William Baxter

Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Wendell Logan

Jazz Saxophonist

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

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

SportsMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Bernie Casey

Film Actor, Football Player

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Dee Dee Warwick

Entertainer, Singer

MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Carl Long

Police Officer, Baseball Player

MusicMakers

Simon Estes

Opera Singer

MusicMakers

Odetta Gordon

Civil Rights Activist, Folk Singer, Songwriter

SportsMakers, MediaMakers

William Blair, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Newspaper Publishing Executive, Baseball Player, Newspaper Publisher

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

SportsMakers

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

MusicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Dwight Andrews

Music Director, Chaplain, Pastor

MusicMakers

Eileen Tate Cline

Academic Administrator

SportsMakers

Burl Toler, Sr.

Football Referee

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

MusicMakers

Eric "Ricky" McKinnie

Drummer, Singer

SportsMakers

Mike Glenn

Television Sports Commentator, Basketball Player

SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

MusicMakers

Julian White

Music Director

MusicMakers

Delano O'Banion

Music Instructor, Choral Director, Classical Singer

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

MusicMakers

Philip Cohran

Trumpet Player

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

MusicMakers

Florence LaRue

Singer

MusicMakers

Benjamin Wright

Music Director, Conductor, Music Arranger

MusicMakers

William "Buddy" Collette

Jazz Musician

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

MusicMakers

George Daniels

Record Store Owner

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Adam Wade

Actor, Singer, Stage Producer

SportsMakers

Earl Francis Lloyd

Basketball Player

MusicMakers

Lessly "Count" Fisher

Bandleader

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

MusicMakers

Matthew Kennedy

Music Professor, Choral Director, Pianist

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Josh White, Jr.

Actor, Folk Singer