Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

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

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rickey Hendon

State Senator

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

EducationMakers

William King

Ethnic Studies Professor

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

MedicalMakers

Gloria Rookard

Nurse, Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

EducationMakers

Sylvester Small

School Superintendent

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

ReligionMakers

Father Richard L. Tolliver

Priest

CivicMakers

Harold Rogers

Social Activist, African American Studies Professor

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

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

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

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Paul Brock

Photojournalist, Journalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

SportsMakers

Norm Van Lier

Basketball Player

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

BusinessMakers

Raymond Haysbert, Sr.

Business Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive