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

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

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

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

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

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

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, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

MediaMakers

Armstrong Williams

Media Commentator

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Al-Tony Gilmore

Federal Education Administrator, History Professor

PoliticalMakers

Joseph Segars

Consul General, Foreign Ambassador

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

CivicMakers

Frank Smith

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Daniel A. Collins

Dentist

LawMakers

Robert Bennett

Lawyer

BusinessMakers

John Nathan Hill

Bank Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Blanton Canady

Restaurant Owner and Operator

MusicMakers

Wendell Logan

Jazz Saxophonist