Maker Directory

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LawMakers

The Honorable Robert L. Carter

Federal Judge, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Fredi Sears Brown

Museum Chief Executive, Cultural Heritage Collector, Museum Founder

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Julie Hunter

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Retail Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Evangeline Hall

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

EducationMakers

Lois Martin

Civic Activist, High School Math Teacher, Community Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carrie P. Meek

U.S. Congresswoman

MediaMakers

Thomas Fleming

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Newspaper Editor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry Lewis

Pharmacist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Virgil Norris

Community Activist, Surgeon

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Enid C. Pinkney

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Augustus Colson

Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Bishop William L. Sheals

City Government Official, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

MediaMakers

Paul Brock

Photojournalist, Journalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

James Early

Cultural Heritage Administrator, Folklorist

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

EducationMakers

Floretta Dukes McKenzie

School Superintendent, Education Consultant

EducationMakers

Richard I. McKinney

College President, Theologian

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor