Maker Directory

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CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

ReligionMakers

Reverend Henry Soles

Chaplain

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eugene Sawyer

City Alderman, Mayor

MediaMakers

Melody Spann-Cooper

Broadcast Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Bishop Joseph Howze

Religious Leader

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

EducationMakers

Barbara A. Sizemore

Academic Administrator, School Superintendent, Education Professor

MusicMakers

Morris Butch Stewart

Music Producer, Songwriter

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

ArtMakers

Geoffrey Holder

Dancer, Film Actor, Stage Director, Painter

LawMakers

Roma Jones Stewart

State Solicitor General

CivicMakers

Bernyce Ayesha Hassan-Fletcher

Presidential Secretary, Civic Leader

LawMakers

The Honorable Sophia H. Hall

Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins

U.S. Congressman

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

BusinessMakers

Raymond Haysbert, Sr.

Business Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Ruby Nell Sales

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Social Activist

EducationMakers

Adelaide Sanford

Education Administrator, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

MedicalMakers

Dr. Marvin Shelton

Orthopedic Surgeon

MedicalMakers, ReligionMakers

Dr. Horace Earl Smith

Pediatric Oncologist, Bishop

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

BusinessMakers

Alisa Starks

Leisure Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Donzell Starks

Leisure Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Alexis Herman

Cabinet Appointee

ArtMakers

Vivian D. Hewitt

Art Collector, Librarian

BusinessMakers

Ora Higgins

Personnel Manager, Civic Leader, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Asa Hilliard, III

Educational Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Mellody Hobson

Investment Chief Executive, Investment Banker

CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

EducationMakers

Freeman Hrabowski

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rameck R. Hunt

Emergency Physician

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

EducationMakers

H. Patrick Swygert

University President

LawMakers

Oliver W. Hill

Civil Rights Lawyer

CivicMakers

Julia Harden

University Librarian

EducationMakers, ReligionMakers

Hilbert D. Stanley

Education Administrator, Church Leader, High School Principal