Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Bertha McNeal

Singer

MediaMakers, PoliticalMakers

Johnny Shaw

Radio Station Owner, State Representative

SportsMakers

Tom A. Goss

Athletic Director

MediaMakers

Randall Pinkston

Broadcast journalist

MediaMakers

Barbara Rodgers

Television News Anchor

ArtMakers

Ishmael Reed

Fiction Writer

MusicMakers

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Singer, Actress

MusicMakers

Joshie Jo Armstead

Singer, Songwriter

SportsMakers

Oscar Robertson

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

James Earl Jones

Actor

BusinessMakers

Thelma Sias

Corporate Executive

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Medical Administrator

ArtMakers

Walter C Jackson

Sculptor

BusinessMakers

Virgis Colbert

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Lillian S. Williams

African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Aaronetta Pierce

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Adena Williams Loston

Academic Administrator, University President

CivicMakers

Ed Wesley

Senior Tax Advisor, Community Activist

SportsMakers

Jerry Lee Rice

Football Player

ScienceMakers

Charles Magee

Agriculturalist

CivicMakers

Charles Evers

Civic Activist, Political leader

MediaMakers

Ruth Campbell

Public Relations Director

MediaMakers

Ronnie Agnew

Broadcast Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Robert G. Clark

State Representative

EducationMakers

Alexandria Holloway

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Jeh V. Johnson

Professor, Architect

EducationMakers

Matthew Holden, Jr.

Political Scientist

SportsMakers

Chester "Chet" Walker

Basketball Player

MediaMakers, CivicMakers

Van Jones

Media Commentator, Nonprofit Executive

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown

Pastor, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Lucius Outlaw

Professor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Timothy E. Tyler

Pastor

BusinessMakers

Winston Pittman

Automobile Sales Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Quintard Taylor

Archives Director

SportsMakers

Spencer Haywood

Basketball Player

LawMakers

Alex Parrish

Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Robert C. Davidson, Jr.

Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Alvin Marley

Investment Executive

CivicMakers

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

John A. Peoples, Jr.

Academic Administrator

MedicalMakers

Dr. Robert L. Smith

Professor, Physician

CivicMakers

Flonzie Brown Wright

Civil Rights Activist

BusinessMakers

Clarence Otis, Jr.

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

John M. Hairston, Jr.

Corporate Executive, Educator

ReligionMakers

Walter Fluker

Professor

ArtMakers

Tony F. Sias

Arts Administrator, Actor

CivicMakers

Pamela Junior

Museum Director

MusicMakers

Lou Della Evans Reid

Gospel Musician

StyleMakers

Brandice N. Daniel

Fashion Consultant

LawMakers, BusinessMakers

Don M. Roman, Sr.

Lawyer, Financial Executive