Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

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

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

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

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

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

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Eddie Williams

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

MusicMakers

Fred Jones

Entertainment Promoter, Music Manager

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

LawMakers

Herman Morris, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor