Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

LawMakers

Betty Francis

Government Lawyer

CivicMakers

Leatrice Branch Madison

Community Activist, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Painter, High School Art Teacher, Visual Artist

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bette Catoe

Pediatrician

BusinessMakers

Benaree P. Wiley

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Mable John

R & B Singer

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

ScienceMakers

Lovenia Deconge-Watson

Mathematician

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

ArtMakers

Fay Ray

Dancer

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

MusicMakers

Irma Thomas

Singer

EducationMakers

Dolores R. Spikes

Math Professor, University President

CivicMakers

Kathleen E. Bethel

African American Studies Librarian

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Elynor Williams

Corporate Executive