Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

EducationMakers

Paul Adams, III

Civil Rights Activist, High School Principal

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Russell Adams

African American Studies Professor

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

CivicMakers

Reverend Vernon Dobson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

MediaMakers, LawMakers

Ronald Davenport

Radio Station Owner, Law School Dean

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sampson Davis

Emergency Physician

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

PoliticalMakers, MediaMakers

Ofield Dukes

Public Relations Chief Executive, Political Consultant

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Ronald Daly

Corporate Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Carl Davis

Music Producer

BusinessMakers

Calvin Darden

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Joseph Dyer

Broadcast Executive, Television Reporter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

ScienceMakers

Albert Antoine

Chemist

CivicMakers

Bobby William Austin

Foundation Chief Executive, Foundation Executive

MusicMakers

H. Leslie Adams

Music Composer

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Charles Dryden

Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

Raoul Abdul

Classical Singer

ArtMakers

Ralph Arnold

Mixed Media Artist, Art Professor

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mervyn M. Dymally

State Assemblyman

SportsMakers

Herbert Paul Douglas, Jr.

Track and Field Athlete