Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

CivicMakers

Maudine Cooper

Nonprofit Chief Executive, City Government Official

MediaMakers

Lucky Cordell

Radio Personality

MusicMakers

Tyrone Davis

R & B Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marion Barry

Mayor

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

LawMakers

The Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr.

Federal Judge

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

SportsMakers

Jerry Harkness

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ScienceMakers

Walter E. Massey

Physicist, Academic Administrator

MediaMakers

Barry A. Mayo

Broadcast Entrepreneur, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

Richmond McCoy

Private Equity Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Audrey Manley

College President, Federal Government Appointee

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Rose Morgan

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Beautician

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist

SportsMakers

Henry Presswood

Baseball Player

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary Flowers

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jerry Washington

State Representative

CivicMakers

Arthur Burton, Sr.

Pullman Porter

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

The Honorable Jerry Butler

Music Composer, County Commissioner, Music Producer, Singer

LawMakers

James D. Montgomery

Civil Rights Lawyer

MusicMakers

Famoudou Don Moye

Percussionist

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

EntertainmentMakers

Harry Belafonte

Entertainer

MediaMakers

Pervis Spann

Broadcast Chief Executive, Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Susan L. Taylor

Magazine Editor

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

SportsMakers

Willye B. White

Long Jumper

CivicMakers

Reverend Addie Wyatt

Labor Leader, Pastor

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Leon D. Finney, Jr.

Pastor, Civic Activist

EntertainmentMakers

Kim Fields

Television Actress, Television Director, Actress

CivicMakers

Reverend James Bevel

Civil Rights Activist, Minister

LawMakers

The Honorable Earl Strayhorn

County Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobbie Steele

City Commissioner

SportsMakers, MusicMakers

Ernie Terrell

Music Producer, Boxer, Singer

EducationMakers

Lerone Bennett

Magazine Editor, Social Historian, Historian

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur