Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Melvin Hart

Marketing Executive, Newspaper Publishing Executive

ArtMakers

Merton Simpson

Painter

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin King

Community Activist, State Representative

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Hurst Adams

Bishop

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Carl Long

Police Officer, Baseball Player

CivicMakers

The Honorable Charles Yancey

City Government Official, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Civil Rights Leader

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

ArtMakers, StyleMakers

James Guilford

Painter, Barber

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Wayne Budd

Commercial Lawyer, Presidential Appointee

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

BusinessMakers, EducationMakers

Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.

Economist, Academic Administrator, University President

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

MediaMakers

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Newspaper Reporter, Television News Correspondent

ArtMakers

Charles Randolph-Wright

Stage Director

CivicMakers

Robert Foster

Federal Government Employee, Federal Government Administrator

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

EducationMakers

Ione Teresa Vargus

Academic Administrator, African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

John W. Mack

Civic Leader, City Government Appointee, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

John B. Cruz III

Construction Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Frank Toland, Sr.

History Professor

EducationMakers

B. B. De Laine

High School Administrator

StyleMakers

Marion Anderson

Master Tailor, Tailoring Instructor

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

Civil Rights Activist, Elementary School Music Teacher, Community Activist, Elementary School Teacher

MedicalMakers

Joseph A. De Laine, Jr.

Pharmaceutical Executive

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Jack Johnson

State Deputy Attorney, County Government Official

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

BusinessMakers

Paula Ann Sneed

Corporate Executive

LawMakers

Ralph Bernard Everett

Lawyer

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Eartha Kitt

Actress, Singer

EducationMakers

Lucy R. Wilson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Leona Barr-Davenport

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

ScienceMakers

Tyrone Hayes

Biology Professor, Biologist

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Eugene Rivers

Pastor, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Sarah-Ann Shaw

Television News Reporter

CivicMakers

The Honorable Lucille Whipper

Cultural Center Founder

ArtMakers

Philip Simmons

Blacksmith

PoliticalMakers

Herbert U. Fielding

Politician

BusinessMakers

Herbert DeCosta, Jr.

Architect, Construction Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Joseph Darby

Pastor

LawMakers

The Honorable Paul R Webber, III

Superior Court Judge

CivicMakers

Charles E. Simmons

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Thomas Barnwell

Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Emory Campbell

Cultural Heritage Chief Executive, Cultural Heritage Collector

LawMakers

Louis O'Neil Dore

Trial Lawyer

CivicMakers

Shirley James

Civic Leader

StyleMakers

James Harris

Hair stylist

StyleMakers

Etu Evans

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers

Prince Spencer

Dancer