Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Julius P. Williams, Jr.

Conductor

ArtMakers

Johnny Coleman

Installation Artist, Art Professor

MusicMakers

Dolores White

Music Composer, Pianist

MusicMakers

Donald White

Cellist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marcus Garvey Wood

Pastor

PoliticalMakers

Linda Cropp

City Council Member

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

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

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Roger Walden

Paratrooper

MedicalMakers

Dr. Augustus A. White, III

Orthopedic Surgeon

CivicMakers

Lee H. Walker

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

DeWayne Wickham

Author, Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Richard G. Womack

Executive Assistant, Association Chief Executive

LawMakers

Shirley Jean Wilcher

Civil Rights Lawyer

ArtMakers

Douglas Turner Ward

Playwright, Actor, Director

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

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

BusinessMakers

John E. Wilson

Accountant

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

MusicMakers

Fred Cash

Singer

EducationMakers

Peyton Williams, Jr.

State Education Administrator

CivicMakers

James Cameron

Museum Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edward Clark

Painter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David S. Cunningham, Jr.

City Council Member

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Robert Winfrey

Education Administrator, Music Composer, Music Director

SportsMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Bernie Casey

Film Actor, Football Player

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Doris Ward

County Supervisor

MedicalMakers

Anthony G. Wagner

Chief Executive Officer

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Diane E. Watson

Foreign Ambassador, U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Bebe Moore Campbell

Fiction Writer

BusinessMakers

Barry Williams

Private Equity Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

MusicMakers

Dee Dee Warwick

Entertainer, Singer

ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook

Pastor

LawMakers

Solomon Brown Watson, IV

Corporate General Counsel

ScienceMakers

S. Allen Counter

Educator, Neurophysiologist, African Diaspora Ethnographer

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lottie Watkins

Community Activist, State Representative

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

SportsMakers

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

ScienceMakers

Warren Morton Washington

Atmospheric Scientist