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

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

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

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

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

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, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

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

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. James Comer

Child Psychiatry Professor, Child Psychiatrist

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

CivicMakers

Leonard Blackshear

Cultural Heritage Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Reginald Webb

Restaurant Owner and Operator

MediaMakers

Francis Ward

Newspaper Correspondent

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Thurmond

State Labor Commissioner

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Harry Brooks, Jr.

Major General (Retired)

CivicMakers

Frank Smith

Civil Rights Activist, Cultural Heritage Chief Executive, City Council Member, Museum Director

BusinessMakers

George Levi Knox, III

Corporate Executive

LawMakers

Robert Bennett

Lawyer

BusinessMakers

John Nathan Hill

Bank Executive

MusicMakers

Donald White

Cellist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Blanton Canady

Restaurant Owner and Operator

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Ronald Glass

Stage Actor, Television Actor

MusicMakers

Wendell Logan

Jazz Saxophonist

EducationMakers

Samuel DuBois Cook

Political Science Professor, University President