Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry L. Cook

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

CivicMakers

Frank Lumpkin

Labor Leader, Steelworker

EducationMakers

The Honorable Kenneth Smith, Sr.

University President

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Smyre

State Representative

MedicalMakers

Dr. Louis Wade Sullivan

Medical Administrator, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

CivicMakers

Jacquelyne D. Grimshaw

Association Executive

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Civil Rights Leader, Business Leader, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Richard Love

Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

MusicMakers

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Curator, Music Composer, History Professor

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

CivicMakers

Anne Ashmore-Hudson

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

MusicMakers

Jean Carne

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

EducationMakers

Robert Beale

Chemistry Professor, High School Chemistry Teacher, Academic Administrator

MediaMakers, CivicMakers

Carole Henderson Tyson

Media Company Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sampson Davis

Emergency Physician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Arthur Fletcher

Federal Government Appointee, Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rameck R. Hunt

Emergency Physician

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

CivicMakers

Lonnie G. Bunch, III.

Museum Chief Executive, Curator, Museum Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ruth A. Davis

Foreign Ambassador

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Sister Patricia Ralph

Elementary School Principal, Nun

LawMakers

The Honorable Lillian Burke

Municipal Court Judge

MusicMakers

Geraldine de Haas

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Singer