Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Bob Black

Photographer

CivicMakers

Renault Robinson

Community Activist, Police Officer

CivicMakers

Howard Saffold

Criminal Justice Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Police Officer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobbie Steele

City Commissioner

ArtMakers

Jackie Taylor

Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wellington Webb

Mayor, State Representative

StyleMakers

Barbara Bates

Fashion Designer

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Bettiann Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Hair Care Manufacturer

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Jolyn H. Robichaux

Retail Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Useni Eugene Perkins

Poet, Foundation Chief Executive, Writer

MediaMakers

Melody Spann-Cooper

Broadcast Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Iva Carruthers

Sociologist

LawMakers

The Honorable William Cousins, Jr.

Circuit Court Judge

ReligionMakers

Reverend Harry Tartt

High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harry Sykes

Civic Leader, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Badi Foster

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, Educator, Nonprofit Executive, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

Doris Topsy-Elvord

City Council Member

CivicMakers

Sidney L. Rushing

City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.

Social Activist, Family Practitioner, Consumer Activist

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader

MusicMakers

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Jazz Musician

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilson Frost

City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marion Roddy-Hart

Pastor

CivicMakers

Dale Clinton

Community Activist, Community Resource Specialist

CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

BusinessMakers

James H. Lowry

Business Consulting Executive, Management Consulting Chief Executive

CivicMakers

William E. Lowry, Jr.

Foundation Executive

MediaMakers

La Donna Tittle

Radio Personality

ReligionMakers

Father George Clements

Social Activist, Priest

LawMakers

The Honorable Blanche Manning

Federal District Court Judge

EducationMakers

Barbara A. Sizemore

Academic Administrator, School Superintendent, Education Professor

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

MusicMakers

Kahil El'Zabar

Jazz Percussionist

MusicMakers

Morris Butch Stewart

Music Producer, Songwriter

EducationMakers

Zerrie D. Campbell

College President

MusicMakers

Donald "Duck" Porter

Singer, Doowop Singer

CivicMakers

Amy Tate Billingsley

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

William Bonaparte, Jr.

Telecommunications Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

BusinessMakers

Donald C. Richards

Advertising Executive, Media Executive, Association Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Paul D. Goodnight

Painter

LawMakers

Roma Jones Stewart

State Solicitor General

ArtMakers

Curtis "Kojo" Morrow

Jewelry Artist

ArtMakers

Joan Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Dancer, Arts Administrator

LawMakers

The Honorable Sophia H. Hall

Circuit Court Judge