Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

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

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

MediaMakers

Dorothy R. Leavell

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

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

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge