Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

Joseph Segars

Consul General, Foreign Ambassador

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

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Daniel A. Collins

Dentist

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

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

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

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

LawMakers

Larry Dingle

Administrative Lawyer

EducationMakers

Peyton Williams, Jr.

State Education Administrator

CivicMakers

James L. Jackson

Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Lenny Springs

Bank Executive

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

MediaMakers

Melvin Hart

Marketing Executive, Newspaper Publishing Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harvey Smith

Dentist

BusinessMakers

Richard Holmes

Energy Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Robert Winfrey

Education Administrator, Music Composer, Music Director

ArtMakers

Merton Simpson

Painter

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Hurst Adams

Bishop

ArtMakers

James Hiram Malone

Cartoonist, Graphic Designer

ScienceMakers

S. Allen Counter

Educator, Neurophysiologist, African Diaspora Ethnographer

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Carl Long

Police Officer, Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

EducationMakers

Narvie Harris

Elementary School Teacher

LawMakers

The Honorable Edith Ingram

County Probate Judge

BusinessMakers

Alice Bussey

Florist

BusinessMakers

Willard "Chuck" Lewis

Bank Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Amalia Amaki

Mixed Media Artist

CivicMakers

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Civil Rights Leader

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lottie Watkins

Community Activist, State Representative