Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

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

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

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

Mayor

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

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

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education 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

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

BusinessMakers

Harry G. Robinson, III

Urban Designer

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

SportsMakers

Darryl Hill

Football Player

LawMakers

Mercer Cook

State Deputy Attorney

CivicMakers

Mahlon T. Puryear

Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Betty Francis

Government Lawyer