Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer

MedicalMakers

Dr. William Alexander Jackson Ross

Orthopedic Surgeon, Physician

CivicMakers

Kenneth D. Rodgers

Youth Advocate

MusicMakers

Freda Payne

Stage Actress, Singer

MusicMakers

Scherrie Payne

Motown Singer, Songwriter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Kenneth E. Reeves

Mayor

SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee

Osteopathic Physician

MusicMakers

Bobby Rogers

Songwriter, Singer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Maxie L. Patterson

Police Officer, City Government Administrator

EducationMakers

Barbara Ransby

History Professor, African American Studies Professor

MilitaryMakers

Master Chief Petty Officer Vincent Patton, III

Master Chief Petty Officer

MusicMakers

Dianne Reeves

Jazz Singer

StyleMakers

Tracy Reese

Fashion Designer

MusicMakers

Paul Riser, Sr.

Musician, Music Arranger

MusicMakers

Smokey Robinson

Singer, Songwriter

MusicMakers

Willis C. Patterson

Music Professor