Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

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

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

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

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

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

EducationMakers

Joyce Moore Gray

Education Consultant, Principal

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

EducationMakers

Maxine B. Mimms

Academic Administrator, Education Professor

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Eartha Kitt

Actress, Singer

EducationMakers

Lucy R. Wilson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Leona Barr-Davenport

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Marlene Randall

City Government Administrator

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Patricia Turner

Middle School Teacher, Civil Rights Activist

BusinessMakers

Elyse White

Travel Agent, Medical Social Worker

CivicMakers

The Honorable Lucille Whipper

Cultural Center Founder

CivicMakers

Shirley James

Civic Leader

MedicalMakers

Dr. Josephine English

Gynecologist

CivicMakers

Julia Purnell

Association Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Deborah Wright

Bank Chairman, Bank Executive

CivicMakers

June M. Perry

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

Florence Farley

Visual Artist, Psychology Professor, Mayor, City Council Member