Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Ernest McBride

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Jefferson

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

CivicMakers

Fred C. Matthews, III

Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Lonnie Brooks

Blues Musician

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

MediaMakers

Joseph Dyer

Broadcast Executive, Television Reporter

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Thelton E. Henderson

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.

Pastor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Clyde Yancy

Medical Professor, Cardiologist, Hospital Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

ScienceMakers

Isiah M. Warner

Chemistry Professor, Research Chemist

EducationMakers

Charles D. Moody, Sr.

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers

Mujahid Ramadan

Business Consulting Chief Executive, Imam

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

MusicMakers

John Levy

Music Manager

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Andre J. Hornsby

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

BusinessMakers

Charles Tribbett

Executive Recruiter

ScienceMakers

Robert Sherwood Dorsey

Mechanical Engineer

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard

Military Officer