Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon

Minister

EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

LawMakers

Joyce Hughes

Law Professor

StyleMakers

Precious Lashley

Fashion Designer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Doris Young-McCulley

Attending Physician, Medical Professor, Medical Director

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Tillman

Civil Rights Activist, City Alderman

BusinessMakers

Delories Ricks-Wallace

Transportation Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

EducationMakers

Nelvia M. Brady

Academic Administrator, Education Administrator

CivicMakers

Angela Davis

Civil Rights Activist, History Professor

EducationMakers

Miriam DeCosta-Willis

Civil Rights Activist, Foreign Languages Professor, Educator

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

CivicMakers

Ruby Nell Sales

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Social Activist

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Alexis Herman

Cabinet Appointee

BusinessMakers

Ora Higgins

Personnel Manager, Civic Leader, Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

EducationMakers

Gwendolyn DuBose Rogers

Education Administrator

LawMakers

Betty Francis

Government Lawyer

CivicMakers

Leatrice Branch Madison

Community Activist, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Painter, High School Art Teacher, Visual Artist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bette Catoe

Pediatrician

MusicMakers

Martha Reeves

Motown Singer

BusinessMakers

Benaree P. Wiley

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

MedicalMakers

Sheila Grimes

Veterinary Pathologist

EducationMakers

Hannah H. Thomas

Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

CivicMakers

Alma Powell

Civic Leader

MusicMakers

Odetta Gordon

Civil Rights Activist, Folk Singer, Songwriter

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Alyce Jenkins

Rehabilitation Specialist, Military Officer

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Vanzetta Penn McPherson

Entrepreneur, Federal Judge

StyleMakers

Louisiana Hines

Beauty Shop Owner, Beautician, Hair stylist

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Dorothy Cowser Yancy

Political Science Professor, University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

EducationMakers

Gwendolyn E. Boyd

University President

LawMakers

Moni T. Law

Employment Lawyer

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director