Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Herb Kent

Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard A. Kenner

State Representative

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

EducationMakers

William King

Ethnic Studies Professor

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

LawMakers

The Honorable Damon J. Keith

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Maulana Karenga

Social Activist, Africana Studies Professor, Author, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Woodie King, Jr.

Stage Director, Theater Director

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

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

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Stanley Keeble

Gospel Musician

BusinessMakers

Ronald Daly

Corporate Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Carl Davis

Music Producer

BusinessMakers

Calvin Darden

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Joseph Dyer

Broadcast Executive, Television Reporter

BusinessMakers

Paul J. King

Contractor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

EntertainmentMakers

Avon Kirkland

Film Producer

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Charles Dryden

Tuskegee Airman

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ron Kirk

Mayor

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mervyn M. Dymally

State Assemblyman

MusicMakers

Georg Koen

Lieder Singer