Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

StyleMakers

Rose Morgan

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Beautician

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary Flowers

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

SportsMakers

Willye B. White

Long Jumper

CivicMakers

Reverend Addie Wyatt

Labor Leader, Pastor

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

LawMakers

The Honorable Earl Strayhorn

County Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobbie Steele

City Commissioner

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

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

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

CivicMakers

Katie Booth

Civic Leader