Maker Directory

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EntertainmentMakers

Avon Kirkland

Film Producer

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers

Col. Eugene Scott

Colonel (Retired)

MedicalMakers

Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

Medical Professor, Oncologist, Surgeon

StyleMakers

Reginald Thomas

Fashion Designer

ReligionMakers

Chaplain Sylvia Tucker

Chaplain

CivicMakers

MaVynee "Beach Lady" Betsch

Environmental Activist, Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Percy Bates

Education Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

MedicalMakers

Delores Brisbon

Healthcare Executive

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marion Curtis Bascom

Civic Leader, Pastor

EducationMakers

Niara Sudarkasa

Academic Administrator, Anthropology Professor, University President

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

ReligionMakers

Reverend Cecil L. "Chip" Murray

Community Activist, Pastor, Religious Leader

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Thelma Gibson

Civic Leader, Nurse

CivicMakers

Dorothy Fields

Archivist

LawMakers

W. George Allen

Lawyer

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

EducationMakers

Beverly Daniel Tatum

College President, Psychology Professor

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor

EducationMakers

Delores P. Aldridge

African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Lez Edmond

Civil Rights Activist, Psychology Professor, Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Daryl Shular

Chef, Culinary Instructor

MusicMakers

Julian White

Music Director

CivicMakers

Patricia Stephens Due

Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Frederick Humphries

Association Chief Executive, University President

ScienceMakers, CivicMakers

Camilla Thompson

High School Math Teacher, Newspaper Columnist, Historian, Science Educator, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Rowena Stewart

Museum Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Kevin Cole

Mixed Media Artist

LawMakers

Gloria Johnson Goins

Corporate Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Lloyd C. Elam

Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Professor

LawMakers

Robert Lewis Harris

Energy Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Terrence Roberts

Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Bezelee Martin

Retail Entrepreneur

LawMakers

The Honorable Charles Z. Smith

Federal Government Appointee, Law Professor, State Supreme Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

CivicMakers

Norma White

Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers

LaVerne Sci

Historic Site Manager

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

CivicMakers

Carla Hayden

Librarian

ArtMakers

Robert Battle

Dancer, Choreographer

BusinessMakers

Dorothy Terrell

Corporate Executive