Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

CivicMakers

Laura Murphy

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable William H. Murphy, Sr.

Civic Leader, State Court Judge

MediaMakers

Timothy Parker

Crossword Puzzle Designer

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

Howard "Pete" Rawlings

State Delegate

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

BusinessMakers

James Hill, Jr.

Business Chief Executive, Accountant

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

MediaMakers

Jannette L. Dates

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor, Dean

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Maulana Karenga

Social Activist, Africana Studies Professor, Author, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

MedicalMakers

Dr. Charles H. Epps, Jr.

Orthopedic Surgeon

EducationMakers

Earl S. Richardson

University President

LawMakers, MediaMakers

John Jacob "Jake" Oliver

Corporate Lawyer, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Russell Adams

African American Studies Professor

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

CivicMakers

Reverend Vernon Dobson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Thelma Daley

Social Activist, School Counselor, Foundation Executive, Education Chief Executive, Association Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Frances Murphy Draper

Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

MedicalMakers

Dr. Keiffer Mitchell

Gastrointestinal Surgeon

ReligionMakers

Sister Constance Murphy

Nun

MediaMakers

Frances L. Murphy, II

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Journalism Professor

MediaMakers

John Murphy

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Samuel Myers

University President, Economics Professor, Education Advisor