Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Walter Theodore Hayden

Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Chester Higgins, Jr.

Photojournalist

CivicMakers

Alma Powell

Civic Leader

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Powell

Telecommunications Lawyer, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers

James H. Gilliam, Sr.

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

MediaMakers

Reed Kimbrough

Newspaper Publishing Executive

MedicalMakers

The Honorable Dr. David Satcher

Medical Administrator

MusicMakers

Odetta Gordon

Civil Rights Activist, Folk Singer, Songwriter

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

John Moore

Civic Leader

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Alyce Jenkins

Rehabilitation Specialist, Military Officer

MediaMakers

Les Payne

Newspaper Reporter

CivicMakers

Reverend H. K. Matthews

Civic Leader

ScienceMakers

Herman Brenner White, Jr.

Physicist

MediaMakers, StyleMakers

Harriette Cole

Talent Coach, Model, Magazine Editor

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Clayton Branche, Jr.

Internal Medicine Physician

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Vanzetta Penn McPherson

Entrepreneur, Federal Judge

LawMakers

The Honorable Myron Thompson

Federal District Court Judge

BusinessMakers

James Roberson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

Larry Langford

County Commissioner, Mayor

CivicMakers

Joe Dickson

Civil Rights Activist, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Joe Hendricks

Civil Rights Activist, Mill Worker, Labor Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader, American History Professor, Minister

CivicMakers

Colonel Stone Johnson

Civil Rights Activist, Railroad Worker, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Bishop Vashti McKenzie

Bishop

BusinessMakers

John W. Barfield, Sr.

Maintenance Company Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Louisiana Hines

Beauty Shop Owner, Beautician, Hair stylist

CivicMakers

Jacqueline Finney Brown

County Government Administrator

EducationMakers

Dorothy Cowser Yancy

Political Science Professor, University President

MediaMakers

Simeon Booker

Magazine Reporter, Newspaper Reporter

CivicMakers

Dr. John Cashin

Political Activist, Dentist, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Gwendolyn E. Boyd

University President

LawMakers

John W. Daniels, Jr.

Corporate Lawyer

BusinessMakers

William Bradford

Economist, Economics Professor

ScienceMakers

Darnell Eugene Diggs

Physicist

LawMakers

Moni T. Law

Employment Lawyer

ArtMakers

Orlando Bagwell

Filmmaker, Documentary Filmmaker

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Royce West

Lawyer, State Senator

CivicMakers

Naomi King

Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Artis Hampshire-Cowan

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers, ScienceMakers

Frederick Oliver

Physics Professor, Physicist

EducationMakers

William Harvey

University President

BusinessMakers

Louis Jones

Architect, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

C. T. King-Miller

Archivist, Cultural Activist

BusinessMakers

Monica Cost

Real Estate Broker

ArtMakers

Annie Lee

Painter

SportsMakers

Billy Williams

Baseball Player

CivicMakers, MilitaryMakers

Dabney N. Montgomery

City Government Employee, Tuskegee Airman, Civil Rights Activist

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

Col. Roosevelt J. Lewis

Colonel, Federal Government Appointee