Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Arthur Fletcher

Federal Government Appointee, Foundation Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

Academic Administrator, Theologian, Education Chief Executive, Education Policy Consultant, College President

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ruth A. Davis

Foreign Ambassador

CivicMakers

Mahlon T. Puryear

Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

C. Payne Lucas

Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vera Hall

Education Administrator, City Council Member

EducationMakers

King V. Cheek, Jr.

University President

ArtMakers

James Earl Reid

Sculptor, Painter

EducationMakers

Glennette Tilley Turner

Elementary School Teacher, Historian

LawMakers

A. Dwight Pettit

Trial Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Warren Strudwick, Sr.

Surgeon

StyleMakers

Leigh Jones

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert Mack Bell

Appellate Court Judge, Lawyer, Judge

ScienceMakers

Owen Nichols

Academic Administrator, Physicist

CivicMakers

Evelyn Gibson Lowery

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Phillip L. Clay

Academic Administrator, Chancellor

SportsMakers

Katherine Bennett

Academic Administrator, College Basketball Coach

MedicalMakers

Ella Mizzell Kelly

Academic Administrator, Medical Administrator

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

William Norman, Sr.

Association Chief Executive, Presidential Aide, Transportation Executive

CivicMakers

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

A. B. Spellman

Federal Government Official, Author

CivicMakers

Sokoni Karanja

Community Development Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

MilitaryMakers, BusinessMakers

Joseph Benjamin Anderson, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Military Officer, Corporate Executive