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

SportsMakers

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe

Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers

Howard "Pete" Rawlings

State Delegate

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

ArtMakers

Lloyd Richards

Academic Administrator, Stage Actor, Theater Director

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

SportsMakers

Bobby Robinson

Baseball Player

BusinessMakers

John Rogers, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

BusinessMakers

Frank K. Ross

Accountant

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sylvester Rhem

State Representative

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

BusinessMakers

Cordell Reed

Energy Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Joseph Roulhac

Civil Rights Lawyer, Municipal Court Judge

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Fred Rice, Jr.

Police Superintendent

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Renault Robinson

Community Activist, Police Officer

PoliticalMakers

Lt. Gov. Joe Rogers

Lieutenant Governor, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Harold Rogers

Social Activist, African American Studies Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

CivicMakers

Sidney L. Rushing

City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

EducationMakers

Earl S. Richardson

University President

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

BusinessMakers

Donald C. Richards

Advertising Executive, Media Executive, Association Chief Executive

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