Maker Directory

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MedicalMakers

Dr. Price Cobbs

Psychiatrist

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

MusicMakers

Stanley Crouch

Newspaper Columnist, Music Critic, Magazine Columnist

MediaMakers

Lee Bailey

Radio Personality, Broadcast Executive

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

LawMakers

The Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr.

Federal Judge

SportsMakers

Jerry Harkness

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

MediaMakers

Barry A. Mayo

Broadcast Entrepreneur, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

Richmond McCoy

Private Equity Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Julianne Malveaux

University President

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist

SportsMakers

Willy T. Ribbs

Race Car Driver

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MediaMakers

Susan L. Taylor

Magazine Editor

EducationMakers

Conrad Walter Worrill

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

BusinessMakers

Charles McAfee

Architect

MedicalMakers

Renee J. Amoore

Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Executive, Nurse

MediaMakers

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

EntertainmentMakers

Kim Fields

Television Actress, Television Director, Actress

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Heloise Westbrook

Anesthesiologist

MediaMakers

Salim Muwakkil

Magazine Editor, Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ronald Dellums

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker

Superior Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Rebecca "Becky" Love

Elementary School Teacher, Yoga Instructor

ReligionMakers

Reverend T. L. Barrett, Jr.

Radio Host, Pastor

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

EntertainmentMakers

William Greaves

Documentary Filmmaker, Stage Actor, Film Director

CivicMakers

Alma Arrington Brown

Bank Executive

MusicMakers

Keter Betts

Bassist

LawMakers

Charles Ogletree

Civil Rights Lawyer, Law Professor