Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

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

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

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

PoliticalMakers

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

Mayor

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

ReligionMakers

Reverend Harry Tartt

High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

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

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

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

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

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

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

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