Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

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

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

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

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Eddie Williams

Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator