Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilma J. Webb

State Representative

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

MediaMakers

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Jefferson

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Fred C. Matthews, III

Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Lonnie Brooks

Blues Musician

MediaMakers

Joseph Dyer

Broadcast Executive, Television Reporter

CivicMakers

Julia Reed Hare

Psychologist

EducationMakers

Nathan Hare

African American Studies Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson

Federal District Court Judge

EducationMakers

John Hope Franklin

African American History Professor

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

CivicMakers

Robert Goodwin

Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Edward D. Irons

Economist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.

Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clyde Yancy

Medical Professor, Cardiologist, Hospital Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lee P. Brown

Mayor

ScienceMakers

Isiah M. Warner

Chemistry Professor, Research Chemist

EducationMakers

Charles D. Moody, Sr.

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers

Mujahid Ramadan

Business Consulting Chief Executive, Imam

MusicMakers

John Levy

Music Manager