Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

George Campbell, Jr.

Physicist, University President

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

William Hudgins

Banker, Bank Chief Executive

EducationMakers

James N. Eaton, Sr.

Curator, African American Studies Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

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

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Lutrelle "Lu" F. Palmer, II

Community Activist, Newspaper Reporter

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

ScienceMakers

Waverly Person

Geophysicist

LawMakers

The Honorable Leander Shaw

State Supreme Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Gloria Rookard

Nurse, Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

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

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

CivicMakers

William Layton

Historian, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable Charles Freeman

State Supreme Court Judge

ArtMakers

Thomas Miller

Graphic Designer, Painter

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

MusicMakers

Paul Douglas Freeman

Orchestra Conductor

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

EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

SportsMakers

Norm Van Lier

Basketball Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

BusinessMakers

Raymond Haysbert, Sr.

Business Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Harry B. Johnson

Lieutenant Colonel

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian