Maker Directory

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MedicalMakers

Dr. Daniel A. Collins

Dentist

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

A. B. Spellman

Federal Government Official, Author

CivicMakers

Sanford Cloud, Jr.

Foundation Executive, Lawyer, Nonprofit Executive, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Louis Stokes

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

Richard Claude Steele

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Julian Marvin Swain

Dancer, Choreographer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Charles Richard Stith

Minister

BusinessMakers

Kirk Anthony Sykes

Real Estate Developer

ArtMakers

Johnny Coleman

Installation Artist, Art Professor

PoliticalMakers

Linda Cropp

City Council Member

EducationMakers

Niara Sudarkasa

Academic Administrator, Anthropology Professor, University President

StyleMakers

Audrey Lavinia Smaltz

Fashion Show Stage Manager

MediaMakers

James Eugene Clingman, Jr.

Syndicated Columnist

BusinessMakers

Blanton Canady

Restaurant Owner and Operator

LawMakers

Jacques Cook

Lawyer

MediaMakers

Donald A. Coleman

Advertising Chief Executive

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Oz Scott

Stage Director, Television Director, Television Producer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

CivicMakers

Vera Thelma Shorter

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Xernona Clayton

Foundation Chief Executive, Broadcast Executive, Television Host, Civil Rights Activist, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Samuel DuBois Cook

Political Science Professor, University President

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable A. J. Cooper, Jr.

Association Chief Executive, Lawyer, Mayor, Nonprofit Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Diahann Carroll

Film Actress, Singer

ArtMakers

Charles "Chuck" Smith

Theater Director

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

MusicMakers

Fred Cash

Singer

MediaMakers

Chuck Stone

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Lenny Springs

Bank Executive

CivicMakers

James Cameron

Museum Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harvey Smith

Dentist

ArtMakers

Edward Clark

Painter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David S. Cunningham, Jr.

City Council Member

ArtMakers

Merton Simpson

Painter

SportsMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Bernie Casey

Film Actor, Football Player

CivicMakers

Ilyasah Shabazz

Civil Rights Leader

ArtMakers

Bebe Moore Campbell

Fiction Writer

ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook

Pastor

ScienceMakers

S. Allen Counter

Educator, Neurophysiologist, African Diaspora Ethnographer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

MedicalMakers

The Honorable Dr. David Satcher

Medical Administrator

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor, Foundation Executive

SportsMakers

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

MusicMakers

Eileen Tate Cline

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

Pastor

BusinessMakers

David A. Smith

Real Estate Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher