Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

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 Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

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

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

LawMakers, MediaMakers

John Jacob "Jake" Oliver

Corporate Lawyer, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Reverend Vernon Dobson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor

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

BusinessMakers

Ronald Daly

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Leslie Outerbridge

Fire Fighter, Labor Activist

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

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Charles Dryden

Tuskegee Airman

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

BusinessMakers

Darwin N. Davis, Sr.

Insurance Executive

ScienceMakers

Robert Sherwood Dorsey

Mechanical Engineer

MediaMakers

Paul Delaney

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Correspondent

MediaMakers

Joseph Donovan

Author, Television and Radio Correspondent

LawMakers

Larry Dingle

Administrative Lawyer

MediaMakers

Wayne Dawkins

Newspaper Editor, Author

EducationMakers

Troy Duster

Sociology Professor

MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

LawMakers

Albert Dotson, Jr.

Association Executive, Administrative Lawyer, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Herbert D. Daughtry

Social Activist, Pastor, Civic Activist, Civil Rights Activist