Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

MusicMakers

Freda Payne

Stage Actress, Singer

BusinessMakers

Larry Brown

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

MusicMakers

Scherrie Payne

Motown Singer, Songwriter

SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

EntertainmentMakers

William "Bob" Bailey

Entertainment Promoter

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Maxie L. Patterson

Police Officer, City Government Administrator

MilitaryMakers

Master Chief Petty Officer Vincent Patton, III

Master Chief Petty Officer

MediaMakers

Paul Berry

Broadcast journalist

MusicMakers

Joe Billingslea, Jr.

Motown Singer, Singer, Performer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

William Banfield

Professor, Composer

MusicMakers

Willis C. Patterson

Music Professor