Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ArtMakers

Lynn Nottage

Playwright

ArtMakers

Angela Jackson

Playwright, Poet

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Byron Rushing

Museum Director, State Representative, Civil Rights Leader

PoliticalMakers

Barbara Ann Lumpkin

City Treasurer

ScienceMakers

Larry Gladney

Physicist

ArtMakers

Martha Brock-Leftridge

Photographer

SportsMakers

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Vincent Harding

Theologian, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.

Cultural Anthropology Professor

CivicMakers

Hellen O'Neal-McCray

Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers

Stanley Nelson

Film Producer, Documentary Filmmaker

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

BusinessMakers

Ernesta G. Procope

Insurance Executive, Investment Banker

EducationMakers

Louis Rabb

Academic Administrator

MedicalMakers, EducationMakers

Dr. Helene Gayle

Epidemiologist, University President

StyleMakers, BusinessMakers

Lisa Price

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Hair Care Manufacturer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

MusicMakers

Philip Cohran

Trumpet Player

CivicMakers

Gloria Toote

Federal Government Appointee

MediaMakers

Ken Smikle

Marketing Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Florence M. Rice

Consumer Activist

ArtMakers

Maurice Hines, Jr.

Choreographer, Entertainer, Stage Director

LawMakers

Lisa E. Davis

Entertainment Lawyer

BusinessMakers

E. T. Williams

Investment Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Gale Horton Gay

Newspaper Editor

ArtMakers

Zonia T. Way

Interior Design Consultant

MusicMakers

Benjamin Wright

Music Director, Conductor, Music Arranger

EducationMakers

Yvonne Sanders-Butler

Health Advocate, Elementary School Principal

MedicalMakers

Nancy Bowlin

Public Health Nurse

MusicMakers

George Daniels

Record Store Owner

ArtMakers

Leslie King-Hammond

Installation Artist, Academic Administrator, Art History Professor, Curator, Arts Administrator

MilitaryMakers

Herbert Carter

Tuskegee Airman

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donna M. Mendes

Vascular Surgeon

MusicMakers

Lessly "Count" Fisher

Bandleader

MediaMakers

Tonya W. Bolden

Author

MediaMakers

John Heidelberg

Radio DJ, Broadcast Executive

EducationMakers

Joyce F. Brown

University President

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Josh White, Jr.

Actor, Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Tanya-Monique Kersey

Magazine Editor, Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Walter I. Delph

Urologist

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

E. Ethelbert Miller

Academic Administrator, Poet

CivicMakers

Aileen Clarke Hernandez

Community Activist

EducationMakers

Charlestine Fairley

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Gloria Burgess

Poet, Business Consultant, Arts Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

MediaMakers

Frank Ski

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Melba Moore

Stage Actress, Musical Singer, Singer

MusicMakers

Gloria Lynne

Singer

BusinessMakers

James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Administrative Lawyer