Maker Directory

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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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

Civil Rights Activist, Elementary School Music Teacher, Community Activist, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Leona Barr-Davenport

Corporate Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert J. Bacon, Sr.

Urologist

CivicMakers

Thomas Barnwell

Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers, MilitaryMakers

Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr.

Aerospace Engineer, Major General

MediaMakers

Jean Boone

Newspaper Publishing Executive

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown

Pastor, Civil Rights Activist

LawMakers, EducationMakers

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Lawyer, Academic Administrator