Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Robert Church, Sr.

Agriculturalist

MusicMakers

Newton Collier

R & B Trumpet Player, R & B Trombone Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Henry L. Cook

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

EducationMakers, LawMakers

Walter J. Leonard

Academic Administrator, College President, Law Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

EducationMakers

Annie Rosetta "Rose" Hall

Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.

Community Leader, Association Chief Executive, Transportation Chief Executive, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers, SportsMakers

Truman K. Gibson, Jr.

Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Boxing Promoter

CivicMakers

Frank Lumpkin

Labor Leader, Steelworker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Calvin Smyre

State Representative

MedicalMakers

Dr. Louis Wade Sullivan

Medical Administrator, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

CivicMakers

Jacquelyne D. Grimshaw

Association Executive

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Civil Rights Leader, Business Leader, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Richard Love

Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Curator, Music Composer, History Professor

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

CivicMakers

Anne Ashmore-Hudson

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Julius Wayne Dudley

Foundation Chief Executive, History Professor, Community Activist

MusicMakers

Jean Carne

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Tyrone Brooks

State Representative

MediaMakers, CivicMakers

Carole Henderson Tyson

Media Company Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

Academic Administrator, Foreign Ambassador

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Lillian Burke

Municipal Court Judge

CivicMakers

Leonard Blackshear

Cultural Heritage Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Alexis Scott

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Francis Ward

Newspaper Correspondent

ScienceMakers

Evelynn M. Hammonds

History Professor, Science Educator

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Thurmond

State Labor Commissioner

CivicMakers

Frank Smith

Civil Rights Activist, Cultural Heritage Chief Executive, City Council Member, Museum Director

LawMakers

Robert Bennett

Lawyer

MusicMakers

Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon

Opera Singer

BusinessMakers

John Nathan Hill

Bank Executive

PoliticalMakers

Linda Cropp

City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Fannie Lee Brown

Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Blanton Canady

Restaurant Owner and Operator

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Lena McLin

High School Music Teacher

ArtMakers

Isabel Powell

Dancer