Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

MediaMakers

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Eddie Williams

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Arthur Fletcher

Federal Government Appointee, Foundation Chief Executive

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

MusicMakers

Fred Jones

Entertainment Promoter, Music Manager

LawMakers

Herman Morris, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Ernest Withers

Photojournalist

LawMakers

The Honorable D'Army Bailey

Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ruth A. Davis

Foreign Ambassador

CivicMakers

Julia Reed Hare

Psychologist

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Nathan Hare

African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

John Hope Franklin

African American History Professor

MediaMakers

Samuel Yette

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Book Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Orlando L. Taylor

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor

LawMakers

George Haley

Federal Government Appointee, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Robert Goodwin

Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Edward D. Irons

Economist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lee P. Brown

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.

Foreign Service Officer

MusicMakers

Georg Koen

Lieder Singer

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

MediaMakers

Renee Ferguson

Television Reporter

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator