Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

LawMakers

The Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr.

Federal Judge

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Jerry Harkness

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

MediaMakers

Barry A. Mayo

Broadcast Entrepreneur, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

Richmond McCoy

Private Equity Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MediaMakers

Susan L. Taylor

Magazine Editor

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

EntertainmentMakers

Kim Fields

Television Actress, Television Director, Actress

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Heloise Westbrook

Anesthesiologist

MediaMakers

Salim Muwakkil

Magazine Editor, Newspaper Columnist

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

EducationMakers

Rebecca "Becky" Love

Elementary School Teacher, Yoga Instructor

ReligionMakers

Reverend T. L. Barrett, Jr.

Radio Host, Pastor

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

EntertainmentMakers

William Greaves

Documentary Filmmaker, Stage Actor, Film Director

MediaMakers

Paul Brock

Photojournalist, Journalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

CivicMakers

Alma Arrington Brown

Bank Executive

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

MusicMakers

Keter Betts

Bassist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

StyleMakers

Daymond John

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

EducationMakers

Adelaide Sanford

Education Administrator, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian