Maker Directory

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EntertainmentMakers

James Avery

Television Actor

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rodney Slater

Transportation Lawyer, Cabinet Appointee

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Harry B. Johnson

Lieutenant Colonel

CivicMakers

Joyce Ladner

Sociologist, Academic Administrator, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

MediaMakers

William Raspberry

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Warrick L. Carter

Academic Administrator, College President

MusicMakers

B. B. King

Blues Guitarist

LawMakers

Oliver W. Hill

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Henry L. Marsh, III

Civil Rights Lawyer

CivicMakers

Ruth Wells

Community Leader

BusinessMakers

Robert D. Blackwell, Sr.

Corporate Executive, Technology Chief Executive, Technology Entrepreneur

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

ArtMakers

Malcolm Brown

Painter, High School Art Teacher, Visual Artist, Art Teacher

LawMakers

Riley K. Temple

Telecommunications Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Betty Currie

Presidential Secretary

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Amazon Brooks

Domestic

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder

Governor

PoliticalMakers

Reverend Curtis Harris

Mayor, Pastor

SportsMakers

William Maurice Bennett

College Track Coach, College Football Coach

LawMakers

The Honorable Wilford Taylor

Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

CivicMakers

Victoria Adams

Civil Rights Activist

SportsMakers

Charles Brown

Basketball Player, Basketball Official

MusicMakers

Eddy Clearwater

Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Bertrand Miles

Photographer

ArtMakers

Curtis King

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Arts Administrator

ReligionMakers

Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry

Bishop

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Najwa I

Dancer, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Naomi Jean Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Roy Lewis

Photojournalist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marcus Garvey Wood

Pastor

ScienceMakers

Julian Manly Earls

Physicist

CivicMakers

Lawrence Guyot

City Government Employee, Civil Rights Activist

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Oz Scott

Stage Director, Television Director, Television Producer

MusicMakers

Walter J. Turnbull

Choral Director

MediaMakers

Vernon Smith

Magazine Reporter, Author

MediaMakers

Charles F. Harris

Book Publishing Executive

CivicMakers

Richard G. Womack

Executive Assistant, Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Sylvester Monroe

Author, Newspaper Editor, Magazine Correspondent

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Hattie Winston Wheeler

Actress