Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

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

Wesley South

Radio Personality

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

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

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

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

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

MediaMakers

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

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

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

EducationMakers

Nathan Hare

African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

John Hope Franklin

African American History Professor

CivicMakers

Robert Goodwin

Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

BusinessMakers

Edward D. Irons

Economist

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lee P. Brown

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.

Foreign Service Officer

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author