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

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

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, MedicalMakers

Dr. Beny J. Primm

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Physician

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State 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

Hana Stith

Community Leader

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

CivicMakers

Jacquelyne D. Grimshaw

Association Executive

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

CivicMakers

Art Minson

Community Leader, Labor Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Billie Wright Adams

Medical Professor, Pediatrician

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

CivicMakers

Dorothy Runner

Civic Volunteer

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

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

MusicMakers

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Curator, Music Composer, History Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. John Clark, Jr.

Medical Professor, Obstetrician

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

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

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

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clinton Warner

Civil Rights Activist, Surgeon

BusinessMakers

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

StyleMakers

Barbara Samuels

Business Consultant, Retail Buyer

EducationMakers

Geraldine D. Brownlee

Education Professor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Cornell McBride, Sr.

Corporate Chief Executive, Personal Care Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Della Hardman

Art Professor