Maker Directory

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EducationMakers

Juliet Dobbs Blackburn-Beamon

Educator

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

The Honorable Jerome W. Mondesire

Association Branch Executive, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Association Executive

BusinessMakers

Robert Billingslea

Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

MusicMakers

Wayne Baker Brooks

Blues Musician

MusicMakers

Ronnie Baker Brooks

Blues Musician

MediaMakers

Lee Bey

Architecture Critic

MediaMakers

Eugene Morris

Advertising Chief Executive, Advertising Executive

CivicMakers

Mary "Betty" Brown

Civic Leader

StyleMakers

Alvin Bell

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Roscoe Lee Browne

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Cecil L. "Chip" Murray

Community Activist, Pastor, Religious Leader

MediaMakers

Khephra Burns

Author

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

MilitaryMakers, CivicMakers

Littleton Mitchell

Association Branch Executive, Tuskegee Airman, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

ArtMakers

James Hiram Malone

Cartoonist, Graphic Designer

EducationMakers

Manning Marable

Academic Administrator, African American Studies Professor

MilitaryMakers

Rusty Burns

Flight Instructor, Tuskegee Airman

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Harold D. Melton

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Alice Bussey

Florist

SportsMakers, MediaMakers

William Blair, Jr.

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

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, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marc H. Morial

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Mayor

CivicMakers

Willie McCray

Civil Rights Activist

CivicMakers

Hugh C. Burroughs

Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

John Moore

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

MusicMakers

Eric "Ricky" McKinnie

Drummer, Singer

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

CivicMakers

Reverend H. K. Matthews

Civic Leader

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

BusinessMakers

Thomas L. McLeary

Insurance Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Clayton Branche, Jr.

Internal Medicine Physician

ScienceMakers

Ronald Mickens

Physicist

ArtMakers

Marie Brown

Literary Agent, Magazine Editor, Book Editor

ArtMakers

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Earle Bradford, Jr.

Energy Executive

ArtMakers

Camille Billops

Fine Artist

CivicMakers

John Matthews

Labor Activist