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

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert L. Carter

Federal Judge, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

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

Thomas Fleming

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Newspaper Editor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry Lewis

Pharmacist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Virgil Norris

Community Activist, Surgeon

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

MediaMakers

Augustus Colson

Publishing Chief Executive

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

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Bishop William L. Sheals

City Government Official, Pastor

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

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

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

EducationMakers

James Early

Cultural Heritage Administrator, Folklorist

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

EducationMakers

Richard I. McKinney

College President, Theologian

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Avon Kirkland

Film Producer

MilitaryMakers

Col. Eugene Scott

Colonel (Retired)

MedicalMakers

Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

Medical Professor, Oncologist, Surgeon

StyleMakers

Reginald Thomas

Fashion Designer

CivicMakers

Leonard Blackshear

Cultural Heritage Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Francis Ward

Newspaper Correspondent

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Thurmond

State Labor Commissioner

EducationMakers

Percy Bates

Education Professor