Maker Directory

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LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor

CivicMakers

Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

Civic Leader, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Ramona Edelin

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

BusinessMakers

Antoinette Malveaux

Association Chief Executive, Association Executive

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Barbara Williams-Skinner

Spiritual Leader, Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

ArtMakers

Morrie Turner

Cartoonist

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

BusinessMakers

Leon Bridges

Architect

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

ArtMakers

Synthia Saint James

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

EducationMakers

Elsie Rumford

School Social Work Coordinator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Judy Pace-Flood

Actress

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

MediaMakers

Khephra Burns

Author

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Diane E. Watson

Foreign Ambassador, U.S. Congresswoman

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

EntertainmentMakers

Dina Ruth Andrews

Talent Management Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Yvonne Jackson

Corporate Executive

PoliticalMakers

Barbara Ann Lumpkin

City Treasurer

ScienceMakers

Larry Gladney

Physicist

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

CivicMakers

Hellen O'Neal-McCray

Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Marie Louise Greenwood

Elementary School Teacher

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

EducationMakers

Louis Rabb

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers

Sister Francesca Thompson

Religious Leader

LawMakers

The Honorable Vaino Spencer

State Superior Court Judge

MusicMakers

Philip Cohran

Trumpet Player