Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Riley K. Temple

Telecommunications Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder

Governor

PoliticalMakers

Reverend Curtis Harris

Mayor, Pastor

SportsMakers

William Maurice Bennett

College Track Coach, College Football Coach

LawMakers

The Honorable Wilford Taylor

Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marcus Garvey Wood

Pastor

ScienceMakers

Julian Manly Earls

Physicist

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Oz Scott

Stage Director, Television Director, Television Producer

MediaMakers

Charles F. Harris

Book Publishing Executive

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

CivicMakers

Richard G. Womack

Executive Assistant, Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

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

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

ScienceMakers

Ronald Mickens

Physicist

ArtMakers

Kevin Cole

Mixed Media Artist

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

SportsMakers

Earl Francis Lloyd

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

BusinessMakers

William M. Lewis, Jr.

Corporate Executive, Investment Chief Executive

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Joyce Moore Gray

Education Consultant, Principal

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

EducationMakers

Maxine B. Mimms

Academic Administrator, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Andrew Heidelberg

Banker, Civic Leader, Cultural Heritage Lecturer