Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

LawMakers

The Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr.

Federal Judge

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

SportsMakers

Jerry Harkness

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

MediaMakers

Barry A. Mayo

Broadcast Entrepreneur, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

Richmond McCoy

Private Equity Chief Executive

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

MediaMakers

Susan L. Taylor

Magazine Editor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

EntertainmentMakers

Kim Fields

Television Actress, Television Director, Actress

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Heloise Westbrook

Anesthesiologist

MediaMakers

Salim Muwakkil

Magazine Editor, Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

EducationMakers

Rebecca "Becky" Love

Elementary School Teacher, Yoga Instructor

ReligionMakers

Reverend T. L. Barrett, Jr.

Radio Host, Pastor

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

EntertainmentMakers

William Greaves

Documentary Filmmaker, Stage Actor, Film Director

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

CivicMakers

Alma Arrington Brown

Bank Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court