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

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

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

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

MediaMakers

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Newspaper Reporter, Television News Correspondent

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

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

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Mable John

R & B Singer

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Eartha Kitt

Actress, Singer

EducationMakers

Lucy R. Wilson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Leona Barr-Davenport

Corporate Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Lovenia Deconge-Watson

Mathematician

CivicMakers

The Honorable Lucille Whipper

Cultural Center Founder

CivicMakers

Shirley James

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Fay Ray

Dancer

MusicMakers

Irma Thomas

Singer

EducationMakers

Dolores R. Spikes

Math Professor, University President

CivicMakers

Julia Purnell

Association Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Deborah Wright

Bank Chairman, Bank Executive

CivicMakers

June M. Perry

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Elynor Williams

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Debra Lee

Media Company Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Nancy Glenn Griesinger

Statistician

ScienceMakers

Trachette Jackson

Mathematician, Math Professor

CivicMakers

Dolly Adams

Educator, Nonprofit Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Joan Langdon

Math Professor, Education Administrator