Maker Directory

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LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

MediaMakers

Herman Marrel Foushee

Financial Chief Executive, Radio Host

EducationMakers

Marshall Grigsby

Academic Administrator, Theologian, Education Chief Executive, Education Policy Consultant, College President

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vernon Jones

County Government Administrator, State Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

CivicMakers

Clyde Martin

Regional Sales Manager, Civic Activist, Community Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend B. Herbert Martin, Sr.

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

George Johnson

Personal Care Executive

CivicMakers

Mahlon T. Puryear

Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

C. Payne Lucas

Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vera Hall

Education Administrator, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

EducationMakers

King V. Cheek, Jr.

University President

ArtMakers

James Earl Reid

Sculptor, Painter

EducationMakers

Glennette Tilley Turner

Elementary School Teacher, Historian

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

LawMakers

A. Dwight Pettit

Trial Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Warren Strudwick, Sr.

Surgeon

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert Mack Bell

Appellate Court Judge, Lawyer, Judge

ScienceMakers

Owen Nichols

Academic Administrator, Physicist

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

EducationMakers

Phillip L. Clay

Academic Administrator, Chancellor

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

SportsMakers

Katherine Bennett

Academic Administrator, College Basketball Coach

MedicalMakers

Ella Mizzell Kelly

Academic Administrator, Medical Administrator

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

William Norman, Sr.

Association Chief Executive, Presidential Aide, Transportation Executive

CivicMakers

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

A. B. Spellman

Federal Government Official, Author

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

ArtMakers

Louis Johnson

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gerald Lamb

State Treasurer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Clara Adams-Ender

Military Officer