Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Beny J. Primm

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Physician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

CivicMakers

Art Minson

Community Leader, Labor Activist

PoliticalMakers

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

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. John Clark, Jr.

Medical Professor, Obstetrician

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

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

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

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert Mack Bell

Appellate Court Judge, Lawyer, Judge

ScienceMakers

Owen Nichols

Academic Administrator, Physicist

EducationMakers

Phillip L. Clay

Academic Administrator, Chancellor

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

William Norman, Sr.

Association Chief Executive, Presidential Aide, Transportation Executive

CivicMakers

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

A. B. Spellman

Federal Government Official, Author

ArtMakers

Walter Dean Myers

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Louis Johnson

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gerald Lamb

State Treasurer

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

SportsMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Bernie Casey

Film Actor, Football Player

MilitaryMakers

Capt. Samuel Saxton

Captain

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Lucius P. Gregg

Aircraft Commander

ArtMakers

Lewis Myers

Actor

MediaMakers

Fred Hunter

Newspaper Manager

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Kenneth G. Rodgers

Fine Artist, Curator, Art History Professor, Museum Director

BusinessMakers

James Speed

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

ReligionMakers

Bishop Eddie L. Long

Pastor

MediaMakers

E. Lee Lassiter

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

ReligionMakers

Bishop T.D. Jakes

Bishop

BusinessMakers

Walter Douglas

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, ArtMakers

Askia Touré

Civil Rights Activist, Poet

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.

Government Lawyer, Presidential Appointee

ArtMakers

William T. Williams

Painter

MusicMakers

Michael Mauldin

Entertainment Manager, Record Executive

CivicMakers

Dennis Terry

Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Sonny Turner

Singer