Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

LawMakers

Edward Smith, Sr.

City Attorney

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

MediaMakers

Armstrong Williams

Media Commentator

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Al-Tony Gilmore

Federal Education Administrator, History Professor

PoliticalMakers

Joseph Segars

Consul General, Foreign Ambassador

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer