Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

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

MediaMakers

Angelo Henderson

Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Porter G. Peeples

Nonprofit Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Sanford T. Roach

Elementary School Principal, High School Basketball Coach, High School Principal

CivicMakers

Audrey Grevious

Civil Rights Activist, High School Teacher, Association Executive

EducationMakers

Chester Grundy

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Carol L. Adams

Museum Director, Nonprofit Executive, Community Activist

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bruce Ballard

Psychiatrist

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

MediaMakers, LawMakers

Ronald Davenport

Radio Station Owner, Law School Dean

CivicMakers

Bernyce Ayesha Hassan-Fletcher

Presidential Secretary, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Marvin Shelton

Orthopedic Surgeon

EntertainmentMakers

Stan Lathan

Television Producer

CivicMakers

Warren Marr, II

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Nannette Kindle Mitchell

County Government Administrator

ArtMakers

Vivian D. Hewitt

Art Collector, Librarian

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

H. Patrick Swygert

University President

ReligionMakers

Jamye Coleman Williams

Communications Professor, Church Leader

CivicMakers

Robert Woodson

Community Development Chief Executive, Social Activist