Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Michelle Boone

City Commissioner, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Marcia Lythcott

Newspaper Editor

StyleMakers

Michael "Rahni" Flowers

Hair stylist

MediaMakers

Dorothy Tucker

Television News Reporter

MusicMakers

Eddie Levert

R & B Singer

CivicMakers

Joan Small

City Government Official

MilitaryMakers, MediaMakers

Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr.

Tuskegee Airman, Radio Program Director

MediaMakers

Bennett Johnson

Book Publishing Executive

MediaMakers

Fran Harth

Television Executive

CivicMakers

Shirley Anne Massey

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Robert Lee Harris, Jr.

African American History Professor

MusicMakers

Alfreda Burke

Singer

MusicMakers

Vincent Chancey

Musician

MediaMakers

Leon Bibb

Broadcast journalist

BusinessMakers

Sharon Hall

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Herb Boyd

Author, Lecturer

EducationMakers

Karen Hill-Scott

Educator, Education Consultant

EntertainmentMakers

Nichelle Nichols

Film Actress, Television Actress, Actress

MediaMakers

A. Grace Lee Mims

Radio Host, Vocalist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sharon Malone

Obstetrician and Gynecologist

MediaMakers

Cheryl Burton

Broadcast journalist

CivicMakers

Jerome Taylor

Psychologist, Africana Studies Professor, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Carl Singley

Lawyer, Educator

CivicMakers

Reverend Marcia Dyson

Civic Activist, Public Relations Chief Executive, Civic Leader

LawMakers

Gordon J. Davis

Lawyer, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Theaster Gates

Visual Artist, Urban Planner

MediaMakers

Ozier Muhammad

Photojournalist

MedicalMakers, BusinessMakers

Lloyd Dean

Chief Executive Officer

CivicMakers

Denise Bradley-Tyson

Marketing Executive, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

SportsMakers

Earnie Ellison

Sports Executive

MediaMakers

Esther "E.T." Franklin

Media Executive, Advertising Executive

MusicMakers

Herbie Hancock

Pianist, Music Composer

ArtMakers

Jack Whitten

Painter

SportsMakers

Hank Aaron

Baseball Player

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Henry W. McGee

Broadcast Executive, Business Professor, Professor

MusicMakers

Andrea Bradford

Opera Singer, Corporate Executive, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Historian, Library Administrator

MusicMakers

George E. Lewis

Music Composer

CivicMakers

Emmett D. Carson

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Jahmal Cole

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Don Terry

Journalist

BusinessMakers

Margie M. Tuckson

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Rickey Smiley

Entertainment Host

LawMakers

Terrence M. Franklin

Lawyer

ArtMakers

Nora Brooks Blakely

Artistic Director, Playwright

BusinessMakers

Dee Robinson

Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Donna Thompson

Healthcare Executive

CivicMakers

Charlene Carruthers

Community Activist

CivicMakers

Munir Muhammad

Community Activist

LawMakers

Charles Hunter

Lawyer