Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Price Cobbs

Psychiatrist

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

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

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

EducationMakers

Conrad Walter Worrill

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

BusinessMakers

Charles McAfee

Architect

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

MediaMakers

Angelo Henderson

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

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

CivicMakers

Carol L. Adams

Museum Director, Nonprofit Executive, Community Activist

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bruce Ballard

Psychiatrist

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Eddie Williams

Nonprofit Chief Executive

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

Civic Leader, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Ramona Edelin

Nonprofit Chief Executive

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

MusicMakers

Fred Jones

Entertainment Promoter, Music Manager

BusinessMakers

Antoinette Malveaux

Association Chief Executive, Association Executive

LawMakers

Herman Morris, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

ReligionMakers

Jamye Coleman Williams

Communications Professor, Church Leader

CivicMakers

Barbara Williams-Skinner

Spiritual Leader, Nonprofit Executive