Maker Directory

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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

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

EducationMakers

Conrad Walter Worrill

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

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

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

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker

Superior Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

CivicMakers

Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

Civic Leader, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Ramona Edelin

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

BusinessMakers

Antoinette Malveaux

Association Chief Executive, Association Executive

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

CivicMakers

Barbara Williams-Skinner

Spiritual Leader, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

ArtMakers

Morrie Turner

Cartoonist

BusinessMakers

Leon Bridges

Architect