Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins

U.S. Congressman

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Jefferson

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor