Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

Doris Topsy-Elvord

City Council Member

CivicMakers

Sidney L. Rushing

City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.

Social Activist, Family Practitioner, Consumer Activist

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

CivicMakers

Dale Clinton

Community Activist, Community Resource Specialist

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

EducationMakers

James Early

Cultural Heritage Administrator, Folklorist

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Floretta Dukes McKenzie

School Superintendent, Education Consultant

EducationMakers

Richard I. McKinney

College President, Theologian

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Avon Kirkland

Film Producer

MilitaryMakers

Col. Eugene Scott

Colonel (Retired)

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

MedicalMakers

Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

Medical Professor, Oncologist, Surgeon

StyleMakers

Reginald Thomas

Fashion Designer

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

ReligionMakers

Chaplain Sylvia Tucker

Chaplain

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

CivicMakers

MaVynee "Beach Lady" Betsch

Environmental Activist, Opera Singer

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

EducationMakers

Percy Bates

Education Professor

MedicalMakers

Delores Brisbon

Healthcare Executive

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marion Curtis Bascom

Civic Leader, Pastor

EducationMakers

Niara Sudarkasa

Academic Administrator, Anthropology Professor, University President

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

ReligionMakers

Reverend Cecil L. "Chip" Murray

Community Activist, Pastor, Religious Leader

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Thelma Gibson

Civic Leader, Nurse

CivicMakers

Dorothy Fields

Archivist