Maker Directory

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MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

MediaMakers

Dorothy R. Leavell

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

ScienceMakers

Samuel Massie

Chemistry Professor, Organic Chemist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Sandye Jean McIntyre, II

Foreign Languages Professor, Federal Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

Bob Nash

Presidential Appointee

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive