Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Jocelyn Dorsey

Television Producer, Television Reporter

ArtMakers

Pearl Cleage

Playwright, Fiction Writer

MediaMakers

Francis Ward

Newspaper Correspondent

ScienceMakers

Evelynn M. Hammonds

History Professor, Science Educator

CivicMakers

John Bynoe

Civil Rights Activist, City Government Official, Civic Leader, Federal Government Administrator

EducationMakers

Calvin Hicks

Academic Administrator, Newspaper Correspondent

BusinessMakers

Harold A. Dawson, Sr.

Real Estate Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Thurmond

State Labor Commissioner

StyleMakers

Olive Lee Benson

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Salon Owner

ArtMakers

Robert Stull

Comic Book Artist

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

ArtMakers

Johnny Coleman

Installation Artist, Art Professor

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

MusicMakers

John Andrew Ross

Music Composer and Arranger, Music Director

ArtMakers

Isabel Powell

Dancer

LawMakers

The Honorable Harry Elam

Municipal Court Chief Justice

EducationMakers

Elizabeth B. Rawlins

Academic Administrator, Education Professor, Elementary School Teacher

MusicMakers

Wendell Logan

Jazz Saxophonist

EducationMakers

Samuel DuBois Cook

Political Science Professor, University President

CivicMakers

Joseph Henry Beasley

Civil Rights Activist, Deacon, Police Superintendent, Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Georgia Dickens

Elementary School Teacher

MediaMakers

Barbara L. Thomas

Association Executive, Broadcast Executive, Broadcast Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Juliet Dobbs Blackburn-Beamon

Educator

EducationMakers

Peyton Williams, Jr.

State Education Administrator

CivicMakers

James L. Jackson

Community Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harvey Smith

Dentist

BusinessMakers

Richard Holmes

Energy Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Robert Winfrey

Education Administrator, Music Composer, Music Director

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin King

Community Activist, State Representative

ArtMakers

James Hiram Malone

Cartoonist, Graphic Designer

ScienceMakers

S. Allen Counter

Educator, Neurophysiologist, African Diaspora Ethnographer

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

EducationMakers

Narvie Harris

Elementary School Teacher

LawMakers

The Honorable Edith Ingram

County Probate Judge

CivicMakers

The Honorable Charles Yancey

City Government Official, Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Alice Bussey

Florist

BusinessMakers

Willard "Chuck" Lewis

Bank Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Amalia Amaki

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lottie Watkins

Community Activist, State Representative

ArtMakers, StyleMakers

James Guilford

Painter, Barber

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Wayne Budd

Commercial Lawyer, Presidential Appointee

CivicMakers

Elisabeth Omilami

Civil Rights Activist, Film Actress

MedicalMakers

June Dobbs Butts

Psychology Professor, Sexologist