Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Wayne Baker Brooks

Blues Musician

MusicMakers

Ronnie Baker Brooks

Blues Musician

EducationMakers

Troy Duster

Sociology Professor

MediaMakers

Lee Bey

Architecture Critic

CivicMakers

Mary "Betty" Brown

Civic Leader

StyleMakers

Alvin Bell

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Roscoe Lee Browne

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor

MediaMakers

Khephra Burns

Author

EducationMakers

Maxine Duster

High School Teacher

MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

MilitaryMakers

Rusty Burns

Flight Instructor, Tuskegee Airman

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Alice Bussey

Florist

LawMakers

Albert Dotson, Jr.

Association Executive, Administrative Lawyer, Lawyer

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

SportsMakers, MediaMakers

William Blair, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Newspaper Publishing Executive, Baseball Player, Newspaper Publisher

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilhelmina Delco

State Representative

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Wayne Budd

Commercial Lawyer, Presidential Appointee

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

June Dobbs Butts

Psychology Professor, Sexologist

CivicMakers

Hugh C. Burroughs

Foundation Executive

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Herbert D. Daughtry

Social Activist, Pastor, Civic Activist, Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

CivicMakers

Patricia Stephens Due

Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Yosef ben-Jochannan

Africana Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Lezli Baskerville

Lawyer, Education Chief Executive, Education Executive

MilitaryMakers

Brig. Gen. Elmer T. Brooks

Brigadier General

ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Clinton E. Dye, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Clayton Branche, Jr.

Internal Medicine Physician

ArtMakers

Carmen De Lavallade

Choreographer, Actress, Dancer

ArtMakers

Marie Brown

Literary Agent, Magazine Editor, Book Editor

LawMakers

Lisa E. Davis

Entertainment Lawyer

CivicMakers

James Dumpson

Social Worker

BusinessMakers

Earle Bradford, Jr.

Energy Executive

ArtMakers

Camille Billops

Fine Artist

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

MediaMakers

Mary Ellen Butler

Newspaper Editor

MedicalMakers

Nancy Bowlin

Public Health Nurse

MusicMakers

George Daniels

Record Store Owner

CivicMakers

Joe Dickson

Civil Rights Activist, Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Ronald Brown

Investment Chief Executive