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

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

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

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

Charles McAfee

Architect

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

MediaMakers

Angelo Henderson

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host

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

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

CivicMakers

Carol L. Adams

Museum Director, Nonprofit Executive, Community Activist

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bruce Ballard

Psychiatrist

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

ReligionMakers

Jamye Coleman Williams

Communications Professor, Church Leader

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

CivicMakers

Bobby William Austin

Foundation Chief Executive, Foundation Executive

BusinessMakers

Leon Bridges

Architect

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor