Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Lonnie Brooks

Blues Musician

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

MediaMakers

Joseph Dyer

Broadcast Executive, Television Reporter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson

Federal District Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.

Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clyde Yancy

Medical Professor, Cardiologist, Hospital Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Isiah M. Warner

Chemistry Professor, Research Chemist

EducationMakers

Charles D. Moody, Sr.

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers

Mujahid Ramadan

Business Consulting Chief Executive, Imam

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

MusicMakers

John Levy

Music Manager

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

EducationMakers

Andre J. Hornsby

Education Chief Executive

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

BusinessMakers

Charles Tribbett

Executive Recruiter

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

ScienceMakers

Robert Sherwood Dorsey

Mechanical Engineer

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard

Military Officer

ArtMakers

Douglas Turner Ward

Playwright, Actor, Director

CivicMakers

Grady Poulard

Business Consulting Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Motivational Speaker, Federal Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

The Honorable William H. Gray, III

U.S. Congressman, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Andrew Young

Civil Rights Leader, Mayor

ArtMakers

Edward Clark

Painter

MedicalMakers

Dr. Felton James Earls

Medical Professor, Public Health Professor, Medical Scientist

MilitaryMakers

Rusty Burns

Flight Instructor, Tuskegee Airman

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

CivicMakers

Harry Robinson, Jr.

Curator, Museum Executive

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marc H. Morial

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Edwin Rigaud

Production Company Entrepreneur, Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

David A. Smith

Real Estate Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Walter Young

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Kevin Cole

Mixed Media Artist

BusinessMakers

Earle Bradford, Jr.

Energy Executive

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Wade Hudson

Fiction Writer

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Wayne Riley

College President, Healthcare Executive

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive