Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

Alvin Bell

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Roscoe Lee Browne

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor

LawMakers

James G. Potter

Corporate Lawyer

MediaMakers

Khephra Burns

Author

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ScienceMakers

Roderick Pugh

Psychology Professor

MedicalMakers

Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Academic Administrator, State Government Appointee, Public Health Professor, Health Advocate

MilitaryMakers

Rusty Burns

Flight Instructor, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Monica Pearson

Television Anchor

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

Hugh C. Burroughs

Foundation Executive

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

BusinessMakers

Ernesta G. Procope

Insurance Executive, Investment Banker

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

MediaMakers

Les Payne

Newspaper Reporter

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rogsbert Phillips

Surgeon

EducationMakers

Yosef ben-Jochannan

Africana Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Lezli Baskerville

Lawyer, Education Chief Executive, Education Executive

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

StyleMakers, BusinessMakers

Lisa Price

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Hair Care Manufacturer

MilitaryMakers

Brig. Gen. Elmer T. Brooks

Brigadier General

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

ArtMakers

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright

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

Howardena Pindell

Visual Artist, Curator

ArtMakers

Camille Billops

Fine Artist

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

BusinessMakers

Sarann Knight Preddy

Gaming Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Mary Ellen Butler

Newspaper Editor

ArtMakers

Eleo Pomare

Dancer, Choreographer

MedicalMakers

Nancy Bowlin

Public Health Nurse

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Ronald Brown

Investment Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Prudence Burrell

Nurse

MediaMakers

Tonya W. Bolden

Author