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

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Mable John

R & B Singer

EducationMakers

Joyce Moore Gray

Education Consultant, Principal

EducationMakers

Maxine B. Mimms

Academic Administrator, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Marlene Randall

City Government Administrator

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Patricia Turner

Middle School Teacher, Civil Rights Activist

ScienceMakers

Lovenia Deconge-Watson

Mathematician

BusinessMakers

Elyse White

Travel Agent, Medical Social Worker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Josephine English

Gynecologist

ArtMakers

Fay Ray

Dancer

MusicMakers

Irma Thomas

Singer

EducationMakers

Dolores R. Spikes

Math Professor, University President

PoliticalMakers

Florence Farley

Visual Artist, Psychology Professor, Mayor, City Council Member

BusinessMakers

Lillian Lambert

Business Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Elynor Williams

Corporate Executive