Maker Directory

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LawMakers

The Honorable Robert L. Carter

Federal Judge, Lawyer

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

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

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

MediaMakers

Augustus Colson

Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Bishop William L. Sheals

City Government Official, Pastor

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

LawMakers

The Honorable Earl Strayhorn

County Circuit Court Judge

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable William Cousins, Jr.

Circuit Court Judge

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Harry Tartt

High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Sidney L. Rushing

City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.

Social Activist, Family Practitioner, Consumer Activist

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

EducationMakers

James Early

Cultural Heritage Administrator, Folklorist

EducationMakers

Richard I. McKinney

College President, Theologian

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care 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