Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Ovie Carter

Photojournalist

MusicMakers, ArtMakers

Freddi Evans

Author, Music Therapist

BusinessMakers

Cullen L. Dubose

Construction Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Levi Watkins

Medical Professor, Cardiac Surgeon

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr.

Lieutenant General (Retired)

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert J. Bacon, Sr.

Urologist

MediaMakers

Mary Mitchell

Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Robert James

Bank Executive

MusicMakers

Fruteland Jackson

Blues Musician

ScienceMakers

Bobby L. Wilson

Academic Administrator, Environmental Chemist

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Jamala Rogers

Community Activist, Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Marguerita Le Etta Washington

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Helen Jones Woods

Trombonist

ArtMakers

Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

Sculptor

ArtMakers

Sam Gilliam

Painter

CivicMakers

Dorie Ladner

Civil Rights Activist, City Social Service Worker, Social Worker

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Gale Sayers

Entrepreneur, Football Player

EducationMakers, SportsMakers

Evie Garrett Dennis

City Education Administrator, Olympics Executive

BusinessMakers

Louis Dodd

Insurance Executive

CivicMakers

Handy Lindsey, Jr.

Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Vincent Lane

Real Estate Executive, Real Estate Developer

MilitaryMakers

Chalmers Archer, Jr.

Soldier, Psychology Professor

ScienceMakers

Roosevelt Calbert

Physicist, Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Willie Taylor

Entrepreneur

ScienceMakers

Fillmore Freeman

Organic Chemist, Chemistry Professor

ScienceMakers

John Slaughter

Electrical Engineer, Education Administrator

ScienceMakers

Lafayette Frederick

Botanist

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Gen. Larry Jordan

Lieutenant General (Retired)

ScienceMakers

Andrew Williams

Electrical Engineer

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Rosser, Jr.

Hospital Chief Executive, Medical Professor

CivicMakers

Josie Childs

Civic Leader, Community Activist

MusicMakers

Marie Dixon

Music Executive

MediaMakers

Amelia Ashley-Ward

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers

Lenon Lathan

Montford Pointe Marine

MediaMakers

Sam Ford

Television News Reporter

MusicMakers

Shelley Fisher

Singer, Pianist

MusicMakers

Mary Wilson

Singer, R & B Singer

MediaMakers, StyleMakers

Teri Agins

Journalist

MusicMakers

Dick Griffin

Trombonist, Composer, Painter

MediaMakers

Kevin Merida

Journalist, Author

MusicMakers

Norma Fairhurst

Singer

MusicMakers

Mildred Arbor

Singer

MusicMakers

Bertha McNeal

Singer

MediaMakers

Randall Pinkston

Broadcast journalist

MusicMakers

Joshie Jo Armstead

Singer, Songwriter

ArtMakers

James Earl Jones

Actor

BusinessMakers

Thelma Sias

Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Walter C Jackson

Sculptor

BusinessMakers

Virgis Colbert

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Lillian S. Williams

African American Studies Professor