Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

EducationMakers

The Honorable Kenneth Smith, Sr.

University President

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Robert Beale

Chemistry Professor, High School Chemistry Teacher, Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sampson Davis

Emergency Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rameck R. Hunt

Emergency Physician

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Lonnie G. Bunch, III.

Museum Chief Executive, Curator, Museum Director

MediaMakers

Armstrong Williams

Media Commentator

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist