Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon

Minister

EducationMakers

Marva Collins

Teacher, Education Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Timuel Black

Historian, History Professor, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

SportsMakers

Ernie Banks

Baseball Player

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend Willie T. Barrow

Civil Rights Activist, Religious Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

LawMakers

Joyce Hughes

Law Professor

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Floyd Flake

U.S. Congressman, Minister

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Johnie H. Flakes, Jr.

Pastor

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Lewis

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman

StyleMakers

Rose Morgan

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Beautician

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

SportsMakers

Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe

Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Carl Ray

Educator, Comedian, Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Bobby Robinson

Baseball Player

EducationMakers

Charles Willie

Sociologist, Education Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary Flowers

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

EducationMakers

Manford Byrd, Jr.

Elementary School Principal, School Superintendent, High School Principal

MediaMakers

Earl Calloway

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Fine Arts Editor

EducationMakers

Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

BusinessMakers

Milton Davis

Bank Chairman

StyleMakers

Precious Lashley

Fashion Designer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Doris Young-McCulley

Attending Physician, Medical Professor, Medical Director

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Alonzo Pettie

Cowboy

SportsMakers

Willye B. White

Long Jumper

CivicMakers

Reverend Addie Wyatt

Labor Leader, Pastor

LawMakers

The Honorable Joseph Roulhac

Civil Rights Lawyer, Municipal Court Judge

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Tillman

Civil Rights Activist, City Alderman

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

LawMakers

Charisse R. Lillie

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

LawMakers

The Honorable Earl Strayhorn

County Circuit Court Judge