Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

MediaMakers

Angelo Henderson

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host

PoliticalMakers

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

Mayor

CivicMakers

Porter G. Peeples

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

Chester Grundy

Academic Administrator

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bruce Ballard

Psychiatrist

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

CivicMakers

Mahlon T. Puryear

Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

C. Payne Lucas

Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

King V. Cheek, Jr.

University President

CivicMakers

Bobby William Austin

Foundation Chief Executive, Foundation Executive

ArtMakers

James Earl Reid

Sculptor, Painter

LawMakers

A. Dwight Pettit

Trial Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Warren Strudwick, Sr.

Surgeon

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

ArtMakers

Louis Johnson

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gerald Lamb

State Treasurer

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

CivicMakers

John J. Johnson

Association Executive

ScienceMakers

Roderick Pugh

Psychology Professor

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

StyleMakers

Robert Louis Stevenson

Film Hair Stylist

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

ReligionMakers

Bishop Eddie L. Long

Pastor

MediaMakers

E. Lee Lassiter

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

ArtMakers

Bob Carter

Art Professor

BusinessMakers

Walter Douglas

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, ArtMakers

Askia Touré

Civil Rights Activist, Poet

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.

Government Lawyer, Presidential Appointee