Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

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

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

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

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

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

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief 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

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

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

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

MediaMakers, LawMakers

Ronald Davenport

Radio Station Owner, Law School Dean