Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Price Cobbs

Psychiatrist

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

MediaMakers

Lee Bailey

Radio Personality, Broadcast Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

EducationMakers

Conrad Walter Worrill

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

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Charles McAfee

Architect

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

MediaMakers

Angelo Henderson

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Porter G. Peeples

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

LawMakers

The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker

Superior Court Judge

CivicMakers

Audrey Grevious

Civil Rights Activist, High School Teacher, Association Executive

EducationMakers

Chester Grundy

Academic Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

CivicMakers

Carol L. Adams

Museum Director, Nonprofit Executive, Community Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bruce Ballard

Psychiatrist

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor

CivicMakers

Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

Civic Leader, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Ramona Edelin

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Antoinette Malveaux

Association Chief Executive, Association Executive

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

ReligionMakers

Jamye Coleman Williams

Communications Professor, Church Leader

CivicMakers

Barbara Williams-Skinner

Spiritual Leader, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Morrie Turner

Cartoonist

CivicMakers

Bobby William Austin

Foundation Chief Executive, Foundation Executive

BusinessMakers

Leon Bridges

Architect

StyleMakers

Leigh Jones

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

CivicMakers

Evelyn Gibson Lowery

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Synthia Saint James

Visual Artist

EducationMakers

Elsie Rumford

School Social Work Coordinator

CivicMakers

Sokoni Karanja

Community Development Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Judy Pace-Flood

Actress

MilitaryMakers, BusinessMakers

Joseph Benjamin Anderson, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Military Officer, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Louise Hope

Music Instructor, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

John J. Johnson

Association Executive

MediaMakers

Khephra Burns

Author