Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bette Catoe

Pediatrician

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Benaree P. Wiley

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

MediaMakers

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Newspaper Reporter, Television News Correspondent

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

Civil Rights Activist, Elementary School Music Teacher, Community Activist, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Eartha Kitt

Actress, Singer

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

EducationMakers

Lucy R. Wilson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Leona Barr-Davenport

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

The Honorable Lucille Whipper

Cultural Center Founder

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Shirley James

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Julia Purnell

Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Kathleen E. Bethel

African American Studies Librarian

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Deborah Wright

Bank Chairman, Bank Executive