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

BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

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

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

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

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

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

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

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

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

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

MediaMakers

Stuart Rankin

Advertising Manager

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Herbert Tucker, Jr.

Civic Leader, County Superior Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr.

Media Executive, Investment Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Robert C. Hayden

Historian, School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Leonard Blackshear

Cultural Heritage Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Francis Ward

Newspaper Correspondent

CivicMakers

John Bynoe

Civil Rights Activist, City Government Official, Civic Leader, Federal Government Administrator

EducationMakers

Calvin Hicks

Academic Administrator, Newspaper Correspondent

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Thurmond

State Labor Commissioner

ArtMakers

Robert Stull

Comic Book Artist

CivicMakers

Frank Smith

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

LawMakers

Robert Bennett

Lawyer

BusinessMakers

John Nathan Hill

Bank Executive

ArtMakers

Johnny Coleman

Installation Artist, Art Professor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor