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

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Mildred Bond Roxborough

Association Executive

CivicMakers

Frances Hooks

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Mable John

R & B Singer

CivicMakers

Eva Evans

Association Chief Executive, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Lynn Norment

Magazine Editor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Elaine Flake

Pastor

SportsMakers

Rochelle Stevens

Track and Field Athlete

CivicMakers

Maxine Smith

Executive Secretary, Foreign Languages Professor, Civil Rights Activist, State Government Employee

CivicMakers

Chrystine Ramsey Shack

Civic Leader, Education Executive

ScienceMakers

Lovenia Deconge-Watson

Mathematician

MusicMakers

Ann Yancy

Gospel Singer

EducationMakers

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Academic Administrator, Black Women\'s Studies Professor

ArtMakers

Fay Ray

Dancer

MusicMakers

Irma Thomas

Singer

EducationMakers

Dolores R. Spikes

Math Professor, University President

ScienceMakers

Lilia Abron

Chemical Engineer

BusinessMakers

Elynor Williams

Corporate Executive

ScienceMakers

Joycelyn Harrison

Chemical Engineer

ScienceMakers

Trachette Jackson

Mathematician, Math Professor

ScienceMakers

Mary Harris

Health Researcher