Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry L. Cook

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

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

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.

Pastor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

SportsMakers

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe

Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Bobby Robinson

Baseball Player

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

EducationMakers

Manford Byrd, Jr.

Elementary School Principal, School Superintendent, High School Principal

MediaMakers

Earl Calloway

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Fine Arts Editor

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

CivicMakers

Frank Lumpkin

Labor Leader, Steelworker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Smyre

State Representative

MedicalMakers

Dr. Louis Wade Sullivan

Medical Administrator, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

LawMakers

The Honorable Joseph Roulhac

Civil Rights Lawyer, Municipal Court Judge

LawMakers

Thomas N. Todd

Civil Rights Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Johnny M. Brown

Retail Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers, CivicMakers

Dr. Alfred Stovall

Association Chief Executive, Family Practitioner

ReligionMakers

Reverend Henry Soles

Chaplain

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eugene Sawyer

City Alderman, Mayor

EducationMakers

Paul Adams, III

Civil Rights Activist, High School Principal

ReligionMakers

Bishop Joseph Howze

Religious Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Civil Rights Leader, Business Leader, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Richard Love

Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Welton Ivan Taylor

Bacteriologist

LawMakers

The Honorable David Coar

Federal Judge

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Gavin, III

Medical School President, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Executive

ArtMakers

Woodie King, Jr.

Stage Director, Theater Director

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

BusinessMakers

Howard Brown, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sanford Bishop, Jr.

U.S. Congressman, Politician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

PoliticalMakers, MediaMakers

Ofield Dukes

Public Relations Chief Executive, Political Consultant

ArtMakers

Paul Jones

Civic Leader, Art Collector