Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

MusicMakers

Carl Hines

Math Teacher, Jazz Musician

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

CivicMakers

Ulysses Ford

Business Consulting Chief Executive, City Government Administrator

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Larry Bullock

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rickey Hendon

State Senator

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

EducationMakers

William King

Ethnic Studies Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

MedicalMakers

Gloria Rookard

Nurse, Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

CivicMakers

Matthew Little

Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

Mayor

EducationMakers

Sylvester Small

School Superintendent

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

ReligionMakers

Father Richard L. Tolliver

Priest

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Harold Rogers

Social Activist, African American Studies Professor

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

Julius Chambers

Civil Rights Lawyer

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

MediaMakers

Gerald Johnson

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

EducationMakers

James Cheek

University President

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

LawMakers

Thurbert Baker

State Attorney General

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator

SportsMakers

Norm Van Lier

Basketball Player

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader