Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert L. Carter

Federal Judge, Lawyer

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

CivicMakers

Fredi Sears Brown

Museum Chief Executive, Cultural Heritage Collector, Museum Founder

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

EducationMakers

Na'im Akbar

Psychology Professor

BusinessMakers

Julie Hunter

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Retail Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

BusinessMakers

Bernard Kinsey

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Evangeline Hall

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

EducationMakers

Lois Martin

Civic Activist, High School Math Teacher, Community Leader

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carrie P. Meek

U.S. Congresswoman

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Thomas Fleming

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Newspaper Editor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Ford

Mayor

CivicMakers

Alvin Little

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Clarence Love

City Commissioner

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

Jacoby Dickens

Entrepreneur, Bank Chairman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry Lewis

Pharmacist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Virgil Norris

Community Activist, Surgeon

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

CivicMakers

Enid C. Pinkney

Community Activist

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

MediaMakers

Augustus Colson

Publishing Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Bishop William L. Sheals

City Government Official, Pastor

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Samuel Floyd

Academic Administrator, Music Museum Director, Music Archivist

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President