Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert J. Bacon, Sr.

Urologist

ArtMakers

Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

Sculptor

MediaMakers

Randall Pinkston

Broadcast journalist

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown

Pastor, Civil Rights Activist

BusinessMakers

Winston Pittman

Automobile Sales Entrepreneur

EducationMakers

John A. Peoples, Jr.

Academic Administrator