Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Jay Harris

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Robert Hooks

Stage Producer, Actor

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

LawMakers

The Honorable Harold D. Melton

State Supreme Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

Barbara Ann Lumpkin

City Treasurer

ScienceMakers

Larry Gladney

Physicist

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Hellen O'Neal-McCray

Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

EducationMakers

Louis Rabb

Academic Administrator

MilitaryMakers

Brig. Gen. Elmer T. Brooks

Brigadier General

MusicMakers

Philip Cohran

Trumpet Player

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

ArtMakers

Zonia T. Way

Interior Design Consultant

MusicMakers

Benjamin Wright

Music Director, Conductor, Music Arranger

EducationMakers

Yvonne Sanders-Butler

Health Advocate, Elementary School Principal

BusinessMakers

Jose J. Mapily

Architect, Architecture Professor

MilitaryMakers

Herbert Carter

Tuskegee Airman

ArtMakers

George W. Faison

Dancer, Choreographer

MusicMakers

Lessly "Count" Fisher

Bandleader

MediaMakers

John Heidelberg

Radio DJ, Broadcast Executive

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers

Col. Frederick Drew Gregory

Aircraft Commander

MilitaryMakers

Capt. Avis T. Bailey

Captain

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

LawMakers

Theodore V. Wells, Jr.

Litigator

EducationMakers

Charlestine Fairley

Academic Administrator

MusicMakers

Everett Greene

Singer

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Dennis Hightower

Business Professor, Broadcast Executive

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Robert T. Starks

Social Activist, Professor

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

StyleMakers, MediaMakers

Dori Wilson

Fashion Model, Public Relations Executive

MediaMakers

Ovie Carter

Photojournalist

MusicMakers, ArtMakers

Freddi Evans

Author, Music Therapist

BusinessMakers

Cullen L. Dubose

Construction Executive

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert J. Bacon, Sr.

Urologist

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

StyleMakers

Leonard Davis

Fashion Designer

MediaMakers

Mary Mitchell

Newspaper Columnist