Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Price Cobbs

Psychiatrist

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry L. Cook

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

MediaMakers

Lee Bailey

Radio Personality, Broadcast Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

CivicMakers

Frank Lumpkin

Labor Leader, Steelworker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Smyre

State Representative

MedicalMakers

Dr. Louis Wade Sullivan

Medical Administrator, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

EducationMakers

Conrad Walter Worrill

Nonprofit Chief Executive, African American Studies Professor, Professor, Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Charles McAfee

Architect

CivicMakers

Jacquelyne D. Grimshaw

Association Executive

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Edward Smith, Sr.

City Attorney

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Civil Rights Leader, Business Leader, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Richard Love

Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker

Superior Court Judge

MusicMakers

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Curator, Music Composer, History Professor

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

CivicMakers

Anne Ashmore-Hudson

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

MusicMakers

Jean Carne

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

MediaMakers, CivicMakers

Carole Henderson Tyson

Media Company Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor