Maker Directory

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SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis

Neurosurgeon

MusicMakers

Philip Cohran

Trumpet Player

ArtMakers

Zonia T. Way

Interior Design Consultant

MusicMakers

Benjamin Wright

Music Director, Conductor, Music Arranger

EducationMakers

Yvonne Sanders-Butler

Health Advocate, Elementary School Principal

BusinessMakers

Ronald McNeil

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

MilitaryMakers

Herbert Carter

Tuskegee Airman

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

LawMakers

The Honorable Craig Strong

State Court Judge

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

MediaMakers

Luther "Badman" Keith

Newspaper Editor

LawMakers

David Baker Lewis

Bond Lawyer

MusicMakers

Lessly "Count" Fisher

Bandleader

MediaMakers

John Heidelberg

Radio DJ, Broadcast Executive

ArtMakers

Denise Nicholas

Actress, Fiction Writer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee

Osteopathic Physician

EducationMakers

Charlestine Fairley

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Melvin J. Holley

Genealogist

MusicMakers

Verna Holley

High School Music Teacher, Choral Director

LawMakers

The Honorable Hugh Barrington Clarke, Jr.

Defense Lawyer, Judge

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Robert T. Starks

Social Activist, Professor

ArtMakers

Ron Adams

Printmaker, Graphic Designer

MedicalMakers

The Honorable Benjamin Carson, Sr.

Neurosurgeon, Medical Director

ScienceMakers

Alvin Kennedy

Chemistry Professor, Chemist

StyleMakers, MediaMakers

Dori Wilson

Fashion Model, Public Relations Executive

BusinessMakers

Michael W. Lewis

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Ovie Carter

Photojournalist

MusicMakers, ArtMakers

Freddi Evans

Author, Music Therapist

MusicMakers

Bobby Rogers

Songwriter, Singer

MusicMakers

Rosalind Ashford Holmes

Motown Singer, Singer

BusinessMakers

Cullen L. Dubose

Construction Executive

MusicMakers

Katherine Schaffner

Singer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert J. Bacon, Sr.

Urologist

EntertainmentMakers

William "Bob" Bailey

Entertainment Promoter

MediaMakers

Mary Mitchell

Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Robert James

Bank Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Maxie L. Patterson

Police Officer, City Government Administrator

MusicMakers

Fruteland Jackson

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Brenda Singletary

Mixed Media Artist

ScienceMakers

Bobby L. Wilson

Academic Administrator, Environmental Chemist

EducationMakers

Jemadari Kamara

African American Studies Professor, Education Administrator

MusicMakers

Helen Jones Woods

Trombonist

ArtMakers

Walter Mason, Jr.

Stage Actor, Stage Director

MusicMakers

BeBe Winans

Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer

BusinessMakers

Amy S. Hilliard

Marketing Executive

ArtMakers

Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

Sculptor

ArtMakers

Sam Gilliam

Painter