Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

LawMakers

The Honorable Earl Strayhorn

County Circuit Court Judge

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable William Cousins, Jr.

Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

ReligionMakers

Reverend Harry Tartt

High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Sidney L. Rushing

City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.

Social Activist, Family Practitioner, Consumer Activist

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician