Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

StyleMakers

Rose Morgan

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Beautician

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary Flowers

State Representative

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

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

The Honorable Kenneth Smith, Sr.

University President

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

SportsMakers

Willye B. White

Long Jumper

CivicMakers

Reverend Addie Wyatt

Labor Leader, Pastor

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

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

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

MusicMakers

Cheryl Saunders

Choral Director

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

CivicMakers

Junius "Red" Gaten

Social Activist, Labor Activist, Community Activist

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable William Cousins, Jr.

Circuit Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

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

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President