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

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

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

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker

Superior Court Judge

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

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

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

Academic Administrator, Theologian, Education Chief Executive, Education Policy Consultant, College President

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

BusinessMakers

Antoinette Malveaux

Association Chief Executive, Association Executive

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor