Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Mary "Betty" Brown

Civic Leader

StyleMakers

Alvin Bell

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Roscoe Lee Browne

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor

EntertainmentMakers

Charles F. Johnson

Television Actor, Television Producer

BusinessMakers

Gregory Wayne Jones

Insurance Chief Executive, Investment Banker, Insurance Executive

CivicMakers

John J. Johnson

Association Executive

MediaMakers

Malvyn Johnson

Media Consultant, Television and Radio Correspondent

MediaMakers

Khephra Burns

Author

BusinessMakers

Ingrid Saunders Jones

Corporate Executive

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

MilitaryMakers

Rusty Burns

Flight Instructor, Tuskegee Airman

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Yvonne Jackson

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Alice Bussey

Florist

CivicMakers

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Civil Rights Leader

SportsMakers, MediaMakers

William Blair, Jr.

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

EducationMakers, LawMakers, ArtMakers

Robert C. Johnson, Jr.

Playwright, Africana Studies Professor, Lawyer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Wayne Budd

Commercial Lawyer, Presidential Appointee

MedicalMakers

Dr. Mildred Jefferson

Surgeon

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

June Dobbs Butts

Psychology Professor, Sexologist

ArtMakers

Marjorie Witt Johnson

Dancer, Dance Instructor

LawMakers

The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones

Association General Counsel, Federal Circuit Court Judge

MediaMakers

Brenda Payton Jones

Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

CivicMakers

Hugh C. Burroughs

Foundation Executive

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Alyce Jenkins

Rehabilitation Specialist, Military Officer

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

EducationMakers

Yosef ben-Jochannan

Africana Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Lezli Baskerville

Lawyer, Education Chief Executive, Education Executive

MilitaryMakers

Brig. Gen. Elmer T. Brooks

Brigadier General

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Valerie Jarrett

Real Estate Lawyer, City Government Appointee, Presidential Advisor

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Clayton Branche, Jr.

Internal Medicine Physician

ArtMakers

Marie Brown

Literary Agent, Magazine Editor, Book Editor

BusinessMakers

Earle Bradford, Jr.

Energy Executive

ArtMakers

Preston Jackson

Sculptor

ArtMakers

Camille Billops

Fine Artist

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

MediaMakers

Mary Ellen Butler

Newspaper Editor

MedicalMakers

Nancy Bowlin

Public Health Nurse