Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

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

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

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

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MediaMakers

Susan L. Taylor

Magazine Editor

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

EntertainmentMakers

Kim Fields

Television Actress, Television Director, Actress

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

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

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

EducationMakers

Rebecca "Becky" Love

Elementary School Teacher, Yoga Instructor

ReligionMakers

Reverend T. L. Barrett, Jr.

Radio Host, Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

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

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

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President