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

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

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

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

LawMakers

The Honorable John Allen

Superior Court Judge

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

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

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobby Rush

Political Activist, U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Herman Russell

Construction Executive

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

EntertainmentMakers

George Wallace

Comedian

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

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

MedicalMakers

Renee J. Amoore

Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Executive, Nurse

MediaMakers

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

CivicMakers

Jacquelyne D. Grimshaw

Association Executive

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

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

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

MusicMakers

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Curator, Music Composer, History Professor

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

EducationMakers

Leonard Dawson

Academic Administrator, Education Consultant, College President

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

CivicMakers

Anne Ashmore-Hudson

Civic Leader