Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

Academic Administrator, Theologian, Education Chief Executive, Education Policy Consultant, College President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

CivicMakers

Mahlon T. Puryear

Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

C. Payne Lucas

Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

King V. Cheek, Jr.

University President

ArtMakers

James Earl Reid

Sculptor, Painter

LawMakers

A. Dwight Pettit

Trial Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Warren Strudwick, Sr.

Surgeon

StyleMakers

Leigh Jones

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert Mack Bell

Appellate Court Judge, Lawyer, Judge

ScienceMakers

Owen Nichols

Academic Administrator, Physicist

EducationMakers

Phillip L. Clay

Academic Administrator, Chancellor

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

William Norman, Sr.

Association Chief Executive, Presidential Aide, Transportation Executive

CivicMakers

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

A. B. Spellman

Federal Government Official, Author

CivicMakers

Sokoni Karanja

Community Development Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

MilitaryMakers, BusinessMakers

Joseph Benjamin Anderson, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Military Officer, Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Louis Johnson

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gerald Lamb

State Treasurer

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Delutha King

Urologist

MilitaryMakers

Capt. Samuel Saxton

Captain

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Lucius P. Gregg

Aircraft Commander

MediaMakers

Fred Hunter

Newspaper Manager

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Kenneth G. Rodgers

Fine Artist, Curator, Art History Professor, Museum Director

BusinessMakers

James Speed

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

ReligionMakers

Bishop Eddie L. Long

Pastor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Marvin Griffin

Pastor

MediaMakers

E. Lee Lassiter

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Walter Douglas

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Chief Executive