Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

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

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rickey Hendon

State Senator

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

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

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

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

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, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Harold Rogers

Social Activist, African American Studies Professor

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

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

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

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator