Maker Directory

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EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

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

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MediaMakers

Doug Banks

Radio Personality

LawMakers

Derrick A. Bell, Jr.

Law Professor, Civil Rights Lawyer

CivicMakers

Maxine Beatrice Baker

Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Ed Bullins

Playwright

StyleMakers

Alvin Bell

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

ArtMakers

Marie Brown

Literary Agent, Magazine Editor, Book Editor

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert J. Bacon, Sr.

Urologist

LawMakers

The Honorable Deborah A. Batts

Federal District Court Judge

LawMakers

The Honorable Cynthia Baldwin

State Supreme Court Judge

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.

Military Officer

ScienceMakers, MilitaryMakers

Guion Bluford

Astronaut, Military Officer

MediaMakers

Steve Baskerville

Television Personality, Weatherman

EntertainmentMakers

June Baldwin

Television Executive, Entertainment Executive

MediaMakers

Robert Bogle

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Donald Bogle

Film Historian, Author

MediaMakers

Geoff Brown

Journalist

MediaMakers

Bobby Bennett

Radio DJ

SportsMakers

Lawrence “Larry” Brown, Jr.

Football Player

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown

Pastor, Civil Rights Activist

MedicalMakers

John W. Bluford III

Chief Executive Officer

BusinessMakers

Sylvia Sloan Black

Management Consultant

ArtMakers

Sheila Bridges

Interior Designer