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Our HistoryMakers Digital Archive is an extensive resource with thousands of subjects. Use this Directory to filter and search our entire library. Members can save Makers to revisit later—find them any time on your My Account page. Browse by Maker Category to learn more about each professional group.

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

StyleMakers

Rose Morgan

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Beautician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary Flowers

State Representative

StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

SportsMakers

Willye B. White

Long Jumper

CivicMakers

Reverend Addie Wyatt

Labor Leader, Pastor

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobbie Steele

City Commissioner

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

PoliticalMakers

Doris Topsy-Elvord

City Council Member

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Dale Clinton

Community Activist, Community Resource Specialist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

MediaMakers

Dorothy R. Leavell

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

Barbara Ann Lumpkin

City Treasurer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

CivicMakers

Hellen O'Neal-McCray

Civil Rights Activist

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

ArtMakers

Zonia T. Way

Interior Design Consultant

EducationMakers

Yvonne Sanders-Butler

Health Advocate, Elementary School Principal

EducationMakers

Charlestine Fairley

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

StyleMakers, MediaMakers

Dori Wilson

Fashion Model, Public Relations Executive

MusicMakers, ArtMakers

Freddi Evans

Author, Music Therapist

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