Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Eddie Williams

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

MusicMakers

Fred Jones

Entertainment Promoter, Music Manager

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

LawMakers

Herman Morris, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

MediaMakers

Stuart Rankin

Advertising Manager

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Herbert Tucker, Jr.

Civic Leader, County Superior Court Judge

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr.

Media Executive, Investment Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Ernest Withers

Photojournalist

LawMakers

The Honorable D'Army Bailey

Circuit Court Judge

MediaMakers

Samuel Yette

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Book Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Orlando L. Taylor

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor

EducationMakers

Robert C. Hayden

Historian, School Superintendent

LawMakers

George Haley

Federal Government Appointee, Lawyer

CivicMakers

John Bynoe

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

EducationMakers

Calvin Hicks

Academic Administrator, Newspaper Correspondent

ArtMakers

Robert Stull

Comic Book Artist

MusicMakers

Georg Koen

Lieder Singer

ArtMakers

Johnny Coleman

Installation Artist, Art Professor

MusicMakers

John Andrew Ross

Music Composer and Arranger, Music Director

MedicalMakers

Dr. Augustus A. White, III

Orthopedic Surgeon

MediaMakers

John Britton

Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

The Honorable Harry Elam

Municipal Court Chief Justice

MusicMakers

Fred Cash

Singer

MusicMakers

Willie Kitchens

Gospel Musician, Music Director, Singer

MusicMakers

Samuel Gooden

Singer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin King

Community Activist, State Representative

CivicMakers

The Honorable Charles Yancey

City Government Official, Civic Leader

EducationMakers, LawMakers, ArtMakers

Robert C. Johnson, Jr.

Playwright, Africana Studies Professor, Lawyer