Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

The Honorable Sandye Jean McIntyre, II

Foreign Languages Professor, Federal Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

Bob Nash

Presidential Appointee

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Lillian Burke

Municipal Court Judge

CivicMakers

Leonard Blackshear

Cultural Heritage Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Alexis Scott

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Francis Ward

Newspaper Correspondent

ScienceMakers

Evelynn M. Hammonds

History Professor, Science Educator

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Thurmond

State Labor Commissioner

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

CivicMakers

Frank Smith

Civil Rights Activist, Cultural Heritage Chief Executive, City Council Member, Museum Director

LawMakers

Robert Bennett

Lawyer

MusicMakers

Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon

Opera Singer

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

BusinessMakers

John Nathan Hill

Bank Executive

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

PoliticalMakers

Linda Cropp

City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Fannie Lee Brown

Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Blanton Canady

Restaurant Owner and Operator

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Lena McLin

High School Music Teacher

ArtMakers

Isabel Powell

Dancer

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

MusicMakers

Wendell Logan

Jazz Saxophonist

EducationMakers

Samuel DuBois Cook

Political Science Professor, University President

CivicMakers

Joseph Henry Beasley

Civil Rights Activist, Deacon, Police Superintendent, Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Georgia Dickens

Elementary School Teacher

MediaMakers

Barbara L. Thomas

Association Executive, Broadcast Executive, Broadcast Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Juliet Dobbs Blackburn-Beamon

Educator

EducationMakers

Peyton Williams, Jr.

State Education Administrator

CivicMakers

James L. Jackson

Community Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harvey Smith

Dentist

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

BusinessMakers

Richard Holmes

Energy Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Robert Winfrey

Education Administrator, Music Composer, Music Director

ArtMakers

James Hiram Malone

Cartoonist, Graphic Designer

ScienceMakers

S. Allen Counter

Educator, Neurophysiologist, African Diaspora Ethnographer

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

EducationMakers

Narvie Harris

Elementary School Teacher

LawMakers

The Honorable Edith Ingram

County Probate Judge