Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Kenneth E. Reeves

Mayor

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor, Foundation Executive

MusicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Dwight Andrews

Music Director, Chaplain, Pastor

MediaMakers

George White

Newspaper Reporter

CivicMakers

John Moore

Civic Leader

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Alyce Jenkins

Rehabilitation Specialist, Military Officer

MediaMakers

Les Payne

Newspaper Reporter

SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

CivicMakers

Reverend H. K. Matthews

Civic Leader

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis

Neurosurgeon

ScienceMakers

Herman Brenner White, Jr.

Physicist

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Clayton Branche, Jr.

Internal Medicine Physician

BusinessMakers

Ronald McNeil

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

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

LawMakers

The Honorable Craig Strong

State Court Judge

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

MediaMakers

Luther "Badman" Keith

Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

David Baker Lewis

Bond Lawyer

BusinessMakers

John W. Barfield, Sr.

Maintenance Company Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Louisiana Hines

Beauty Shop Owner, Beautician, Hair stylist

ArtMakers

Denise Nicholas

Actress, Fiction Writer

EducationMakers

Dorothy Cowser Yancy

Political Science Professor, University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee

Osteopathic Physician

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

CivicMakers

Melvin J. Holley

Genealogist

MusicMakers

Verna Holley

High School Music Teacher, Choral Director

LawMakers

The Honorable Hugh Barrington Clarke, Jr.

Defense Lawyer, Judge

ScienceMakers

Darnell Eugene Diggs

Physicist

LawMakers

Moni T. Law

Employment Lawyer

ArtMakers

Ron Adams

Printmaker, Graphic Designer

CivicMakers

Naomi King

Civil Rights Activist

MedicalMakers

The Honorable Benjamin Carson, Sr.

Neurosurgeon, Medical Director

EducationMakers

Artis Hampshire-Cowan

Academic Administrator

ScienceMakers

Alvin Kennedy

Chemistry Professor, Chemist

EducationMakers

William Harvey

University President

BusinessMakers

Michael W. Lewis

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Louis Jones

Architect, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

C. T. King-Miller

Archivist, Cultural Activist