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

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

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

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

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

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

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

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

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

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

MediaMakers, LawMakers

Ronald Davenport

Radio Station Owner, Law School Dean

MedicalMakers

Dr. Marvin Shelton

Orthopedic Surgeon

EntertainmentMakers

Stan Lathan

Television Producer

CivicMakers

Warren Marr, II

Civic Leader

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

H. Patrick Swygert

University President

CivicMakers

Robert Woodson

Community Development Chief Executive, Social Activist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

EducationMakers

James Lee

High School Mechanics Teacher

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

ArtMakers

Edward Parker

Sculptor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gayraud Wilmore

Pastor, Theologian